RIA Novosti was told about this with reference to a statement by the head of the civil defense service of Italy, Angelo Borrelli.

He also noted that in a day the virus was detected in 3651 people, the number of infected people increased to 70 065.

During the same time, 1434 patients recovered, now their number has reached 12 384.

Earlier, Russian military experts began to combat the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in medical institutions in the Italian province of Lombardy.