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Italy virus death toll passes 30,000
ROME, May 8, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The number of deaths from coronavirus in Italy now exceeds 30,000, officials said on Friday.
The country’s Civil Protection Agency said that 30,201 people had died of the virus, 243 more than on Thursday.
Italy is the second European country, after Britain to see more than 30,000 COVID-19 deaths.
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