Italy Reports 837 Virus Fatalities, Health Official Says Its at the ‘Plateau’

Nurses put on their personal protective equipment before starting to work on the preparation of the intensive care unit in the new COVID-19 Hospital in Verduno, near Alba, Northwestern Italy on March 29, 2020. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images

The death toll from COVID-19  in Italy rose by 837 in the past day to 12,428, health authorities confirmed on Tuesday.

About 77,635 patients are currently infected, showing an increase of 2,107 new cases on Tuesday. In the past 24 hours, 1,109 people have recovered from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus. So far, 15,729 people have recovered.