Italy Reports 683 CCP Virus Deaths in 24 Hours, Top Official Sick

Medical workers stretch a patient from an Italian Red Cross ambulance into an intensive care unit set up in a sports center outside the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, on March 23, 2020. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images

Italy on Wednesday reported a drop in the total number of CCP virus deaths over the past 24 hours, but it still remained relatively high at 683.

More than 7,500 people have died from the virus in the country since the outbreak started.