Italy Reports 525 New CCP Virus Deaths, Slowest Rise in 2 Weeks

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

Italy, one of the countries hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported the lowest single-day death toll in more than two weeks and its third consecutive daily decline.

The country reported 525 deaths in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest since March 19. More than 15,800 people have so far succumbed to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, according to officials in an ANSA report.