Italy Reports Record 368 New Coronavirus Deaths in 24 Hours

A man wearing a protective mask walks by a deserted Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, Italy, on March 12, 2020. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

Italy has reported 368 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 1,809 as the country continues to be the worst-affected nation outside of China.

The country’s emergency agency, in announcing the deaths, said that more than 27,700 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the Wuhan coronavirus, have been confirmed so far. That figure includes people who have recovered, state-run ANSA reported.