RIA Novosti reports.

The previous daily anti-record was recorded in Italy on March 21, when doctors detected 6557 cases of coronavirus in the country per day.

Also, over the past 24 hours, 43 deaths were recorded in the country due to COVID-19; in total, more than 36 thousand people became victims of the coronavirus.

Earlier in Italy, new quarantine measures came into force, approved by a decree signed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza.