Customers wearing protective masks wait to be served at Milan’s Bonola market after lockdown restrictions were eased (Antonio Calanni/AP)Italy has become the first European Union country to record more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths. With 1,327 more cases registered in the 24-hour period ending on Friday evening, Italy now tallies 217,185 confirmed coronavirus infections. Expand Close (PA Graphics) Press Association Images / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp (PA Graphics)Lombardy in the north continues to be the hardest-hit region, accounting for nearly one-half of the latest cases registered on Friday. China and South Korea both reported more coronavirus infections on Friday after reopening economies damaged by devastating outbreaks. South Korea’s 13 fresh cases reported on Friday were its first increase higher than 10 in five days.

Source: Irish Independent May 08, 2020 17:53 UTC