The death rate in Italy and France – two of the countries worst-affected by the coronavirus – appears to be slowing, as the number of people confirmed to have the disease across the world rose beyond 1.8 million.
Italy’s Civil Protection Agency reported the lowest number of coronavirus deaths since March 19, with 431 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, compared with 619 the previous day.
France reported 315 deaths in hospital over the last day, compared with 345 the day before. President Emmanuel Macron is due to address the nation for a third time later on Monday but is expected to stress the need for the lockdown to continue.
Globally, more than 114,000 people have died from the new coronavirus, while nearly 422,000 have recovered, according to the data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Source: BBC
