The 566 new deaths reported by the civil protection service take Italy's fatalities total to 20,465 - officially second in the world behind the United States. The drop in patients in intensive care from a peak of 4,068 on April 3 to 3,260 on Monday confirmed a general improvement in Italy's Covid-19 trends. "So when you read that there are 300 new cases, these cases were infections acquired 20 days ago." "There are positive signs, but the number of deaths is still high," Rezza said. Italy will reopen some bookshops and laundries on a trial basis on Tuesday to see how social distancing measures can be safely enforced down the road.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 13, 2020 17:03 UTC