On Thursday, Italy reported 34,505 new COVID-19 infections and 428 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, Italy has reported 824,879 COVID-19 cases and 40,192 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 9.8 million infections and 240,112 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 8.3 million cases and 124,685 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.5 million cases and 161,269 deaths, Russia with 1.7 million cases and 29,509 deaths, and France with 1.5 million cases and 38,674 coronavirus related deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 48 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 216 countries and territories.
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