Italy Reports 760 New COVID-19 Deaths as Authorities Say Death Toll Is Far Higher

Male nurses wearing a face mask and overalls bring a patient on a stretcher into the newly built Columbus Covid 2 temporary hospital to fight the new coronavirus infection at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on March 16, 2020. Andreas Solaro/ AFP via Getty Images

Health authorities in Italy said Thursday that 760 people died of the CCP virus in the past 24 hours, as some authorities have warned that the country’s death toll might be even higher than reported.

Another 4,668 cases of the virus were confirmed Thursday, said Italy’s Civil Protection department in an update. So far more, than 115,000 cases of the virus and 13,915 deaths have been confirmed, according to ANSA.