Italy Reports 427 COVID-19 Deaths in a Single Day

Medical workers in overalls stretch a patient under intensive care into the newly built temporary hospital at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2020. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images

Italian health officials said that 427 people have died from the new CCP virus in the past 24 hours, its second-worst death toll in as many days.

The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.