MILAN, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Italy’s health ministry on Sunday reported 377 coronavirus-related deaths within the previous 24 hours, and 12,415 confirmed new infections.
On Saturday it had reported 475 deaths and 16,310 new infections.
Italy has registered 82,177 deaths from COVID-19 since the virus came to light last February, the second-highest toll in Europe and the sixth-highest in the world, from 2.38 million confirmed cases.
(Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
