Italy says it’s had 41 new COVID-19 deaths in just 24 hours.
The country’s civil protection agency said on Thursday evening that 3,296 were now infected and 148 people had died.
It came as the UK and Switzerland announced their first deaths from the disease.
Earlier on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged people not to give up fighting the outbreak.
It has now killed 3,281 people globally and infected more than 95,000.
More details soon
Via Euronews