ROME
Italy on Wednesday reported 475 more deaths from the coronavirus, a new record high that brings the total number of victims in the country to 2,978.
Latest figures provided by the Italian Civil Protection Department show that COVID-19 cases in the country have now reached 28,710, a 10% rise from Tuesday.
The Italian government is mulling over whether to further strengthen its already strict containment measures, which have brought the country to a near-total lockdown.
The hotbed of the outbreak in Italy remains the northern Lombardy region, which accounts for 1,959 of the total fatalities in the country.
Attilio Fontana, the governor of