Virus update: Italy death toll surpasses ChinaA general view of a man in a street on Thursday in Sorrento as Italy remains under a nationwide lockdown in a government decree that orders Italians to stay at home. (Reuters photo)The number of dead in Italy surpassed those in China, which again reported no new cases in the outbreak’s initial epicentre. All China’s new cases are importedAll 39 additional coronavirus cases on Thursday are imported, according to China’s National Health Commission. China’s total death toll rose by 3 to 3,248. Italy death toll passes ChinaItaly surpassed China as the country with the most coronavirus deaths, as its number of fatalities reached 3,405 and the pandemic’s global spread accelerates.

Source: Bangkok Post March 20, 2020 05:15 UTC