Covid-19 Outbreak In Europe -- News Updates February 28, 2020

AP: COVID-19: Italy’s death toll hits 29 while total cases top 1,100

Italian tourism officials fear a new virus could do more damage to the industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks as the number of confirmed cases in the country shot up past the 1,000 mark and deaths climbed to 29.

Authorities reported that Italy’s total confirmed cases grew to 1,128, a 27 per cent increase from 24 hours earlier. The vast majority are in three northern regions, all economically productive and among the most visited in the country : Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna.

Eight more people infected with the coronavirus died since Friday night, all of them elderly and all in the same three regions, according to civil protection authorities.

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Covid-19 Outbreak In Europe -- News Updates February 28, 2020

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