Italy Reports Second Straight Daily Drop in CCP Virus Deaths

A medical worker in protective gear (R) tends to a patient at the new COVID 3 level intensive care unit for COVID-19 cases at the Casal Palocco hospital near Rome, Italy, on March 24, 2020. Alberto Pizzoli/ AFP via Getty Images

Italian health officials reported a second daily drop in CCP virus deaths, hoping that strict measures implemented by the government will help curb the spread of the disease.

Italy’s Civil Protection agency said on Sunday that 756 people died from the virus in the past 24 hours, compared to 889 on Saturday as well as 919 deaths on Friday, according to ANSA.