Italy records 427 new deaths, crosses china’s toll, India cases rise to 173

Italy
overtook China’s coronavirus death total and braced for an extended lockdown
that could see the economy suffer its biggest shock since World War II.

The
Mediterranean country’s toll reached 3,405 after it recorded 427 new deaths on
Wednesday.

China has officially
reported 3,245 deaths since registering the first case at the end of last year.

In the US,
the number of cases of COVID-19 has reached 13,680 and 200 people have died so
far, the John Hopkins university said.

India, on
other hand, reported the death of a COVID-19 patient from Punjab, taking the
toll in the country to four, the Union health ministry said.

According to
the ministry, the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country has risen to
173.

The cases
include 25 foreign nationals, 17 from Italy, three from the Philippines, two
from the UK, one each from Canada, Indonesia and Singapore. The figure also
includes four deaths reported from Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka and Maharashtra.