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Italy exceeds 80,000 Covid deaths since start of the pandemic

By Tara Rippin • Published: 13 Jan 2021 • 18:33

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Italy has exceeded 80,000 Covid deaths today, Wednesday, January 13, having registered 507 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

IN its latest update, the Ministry of Health confirmed 80,326 people have lost their lives since the crisis broke out in February 2020.

Italy is now the second European country with the most Covid-related deaths, only surpassed by the United Kingdom UK with 84,767.

In the last 24 hours, Italy has confirmed 15,774 new infections, with 175,000 diagnostic tests having been carried out.

The country has seen 2,319,036 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.

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Tara Rippin

Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region.
She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990.
Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.
She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.

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