<p> Italy on Wednesday reported 475 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation since the first case was detected in China late last year.</p>.<p>Total deaths in Italy have reached 2,978, more than half of all the cases recorded outside China, while the number of infections stood at 35,713.</p>.<p>The previous record high of 368 deaths was also recorded in Italy, on Sunday.</p>.<p>Italy, a nation of 60 million, has now recorded 34.2 percent of all the deaths officially attributed to COVID-19 across the world.</p>.<p>The rates within Italy itself remained stable, with two-thirds of the deaths -- 1,959 in all -- reported in the northern Lombardy region around Milan, the Italian financial and fashion capital.</p>.<p>The neighbouring Emilia-Romagna region of Bologna has suffered a total of 458 fatalities, and Turin's Piedmont region has had 154 deaths.</p>.<p>Rome's Lazio region has a toll of 32 deaths and 724 infections.</p>
<p> Italy on Wednesday reported 475 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation since the first case was detected in China late last year.</p>.<p>Total deaths in Italy have reached 2,978, more than half of all the cases recorded outside China, while the number of infections stood at 35,713.</p>.<p>The previous record high of 368 deaths was also recorded in Italy, on Sunday.</p>.<p>Italy, a nation of 60 million, has now recorded 34.2 percent of all the deaths officially attributed to COVID-19 across the world.</p>.<p>The rates within Italy itself remained stable, with two-thirds of the deaths -- 1,959 in all -- reported in the northern Lombardy region around Milan, the Italian financial and fashion capital.</p>.<p>The neighbouring Emilia-Romagna region of Bologna has suffered a total of 458 fatalities, and Turin's Piedmont region has had 154 deaths.</p>.<p>Rome's Lazio region has a toll of 32 deaths and 724 infections.</p>