Thus, the total number of deaths from coronavirus in the country increased to 19,468.

A total of 152,271 cases of COVID-19 were identified in Italy.

Earlier, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the extension of quarantine in the country until May 3.

On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic.

The senior researcher at the Russian Scientific and Methodological Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, epidemiologist Oleg Yurin, in an interview with NSN, assessed the situation with the spread of coronavirus.