A second person, who tested positive for the new coronavirus, has died in Italy where around thirty cases of contamination have been identified so far, including more than 25 in Lombardy, in the Milan region, announced Italian news agencies.
A first death at night
The second victim who had been hospitalized for ten days and died from viral pneumonia is an Italian resident in Lombardy (north), where more than a dozen cities have been placed in semi-containment since Friday. A first death in Italy, that of a 78 year old man, had been announced in the night.