Coronavirus (COVID-19) new cases in Italy as of April 2024, by date of report
The first two cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy were recorded between the end of January and the beginning of February 2020. Since then, the number of cases in Italy increased steadily, reaching 26.7 million as of April 3, 2024. The region mostly hit by the virus in the country was Lombardy, counting over 4.3 million cases. On January 11, 2022, 220,532 new cases were registered, which represented the biggest daily increase in cases in Italy since the start of the pandemic.
The virus originated in Wuhan, a Chinese city populated by millions and located in the province of Hubei. More statistics and facts about the virus in Italy are available here.
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