The death toll from the Covid-19 illness in Italy has nearly reached 5,000, as health authorities reported on Saturday that another 793 people have fallen victim to the coronavirus.
Officials announced that 4,825 people have died from the disease in the Mediterranean nation, which surpassed China earlier this week to become the worst-hit country in the world.
Saturday’s staggering increase of nearly 20 percent is by far the largest daily rise since the outbreak began a month ago.
