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Europe The situation in Italy is getting worse day by day. Over the course of the day, the number of confirmed patients increased by more than 2,000 and the number of deaths increased by nearly 200. In other European countries such as Spain, the number of confirmers is also booming.

Reporter Kim Kyung-hee will deliver the news from Europe.

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Italian health authorities say the number of new confirmed cases has increased by 2,300, and the total number of confirmed cases has reached 12,462.

The number of deaths also increased by nearly 200 new people a day to 827. Both cumulative diagnoses and deaths are the second highest after China.

In particular, the fatality rate, which represents the ratio of deaths to confirmed persons, jumped to 6.6%.

When more than 1,500 confirmed people emerged daily in northern Lombardy, the Governor of Lombardia asked the central government to shut down all businesses except pharmacies, hospitals, and marts.

In order to slow the spread of viruses, it is necessary to stop all the restaurants, hotels, and department stores where multiple people gather.

It is said to have demanded a super-deterrent measure to stop public transportation.

Border closures are also continuing.

Some border checkpoints were closed to Austria and Slovenia, which bordered Italy, and to Switzerland. Hungary also included Italy as a banned country.

In France, Spain, and Germany, the number of confirmed patients is increasing with a scary momentum.

In Spain, the number of confirmed cases and deaths has nearly tripled in one day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases in France and Germany is around 2,000.