A total of 627 people have died from coronavirus in Italy over the last 24 hours, officials announced Friday, raising the country’s overall death toll to a staggering 4,032. The startling statistic coincided with Italy reporting 4,670 new infections, bringing the number of cases there up to 47,021. The number of people to have died from coronavirus in Italy surpassed on Thursday that of China, where the disease originated. Some 3,253 people have died in China since the virus first emerged late last year; Italy's outbreak only came to light on Feb. 21. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe World Health Organization last week named Europe the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Fox News March 20, 2020 18:33 UTC