Coronavirus cases in Italy reach 47,021, death toll at 4,032

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-21 03:24:38|Editor: huaxia

Staff members load Chinese medical materials for Italy at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua)

ROME, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 4,032 lives in locked down Italy by Friday, with the number of cumulative cases reaching 47,021, according to new data released by the Civil Protection Department.

Chinese medical team experts and Italian doctors pose for a photo in Padua, Italy, March 18, 2020. (Chinese Medical Team/Handout via Xinhua)

Chinese medical team experts talk with local doctors and Red Cross staff members in Padua, Italy, March 17, 2020. (Photo by Qin Xiaoli/Xinhua)

A staff member wearing a face mask works in La Norcineria di Iacozzilli, a butcher shop in Rome, Italy, March 19, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

Staff members wearing face masks work in La Norcineria di Iacozzilli, a butcher shop in Rome, Italy, March 19, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

A man walks with shopping bags in Rome, Italy, on March 18, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

People wearing face masks are seen in Rome, Italy, on March 18, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)


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