<p>Italy reported 24 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, compared with 49 a day earlier, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases stood at 224 from 262 on Saturday.</p>.<p>The country's death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 34,634, the agency said, the world's fourth-highest after the United States, Brazil and Britain.</p>.<p>The number of confirmed cases amounts to 238,499, the eighth-highest global tally.</p>.<p>The number of people registered as currently carrying the illness fell to 20,972 from 21,212 the day before.</p>.<p>People in intensive care totalled 148 on Sunday, down from 152 on Saturday. Of those originally infected, 182,893 were declared recovered against 182,453 a day earlier.</p>.<p>The agency said 3.042 million people in the country of 60 million had been tested for the virus, up from 3.017 million on Saturday. </p>
<p>Italy reported 24 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, compared with 49 a day earlier, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases stood at 224 from 262 on Saturday.</p>.<p>The country's death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 34,634, the agency said, the world's fourth-highest after the United States, Brazil and Britain.</p>.<p>The number of confirmed cases amounts to 238,499, the eighth-highest global tally.</p>.<p>The number of people registered as currently carrying the illness fell to 20,972 from 21,212 the day before.</p>.<p>People in intensive care totalled 148 on Sunday, down from 152 on Saturday. Of those originally infected, 182,893 were declared recovered against 182,453 a day earlier.</p>.<p>The agency said 3.042 million people in the country of 60 million had been tested for the virus, up from 3.017 million on Saturday. </p>