Italy Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 2,000, Jumping 19 Percent in 24 Hours

Italy reported a further 349 coronavirus on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 2,158, an increase of 19.3 percent.

Medical workers in protective suits push an isolation stretcher in front of the Columbus Clinic, where patients suffering from COVID-19 were moved from Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2020. Remo Casilli/Reuters

Italy reported a further 349 coronavirus deaths on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 2,158, an increase of 19.3 percent. It came after the country reported 368 deaths on Sunday—its largest spike in one day so far.

The youngest victims from Monday’s death toll included two individuals with underlying health conditions aged 39, while the oldest was 95, The Guardian reported.