Some less worse news from Italy, the Civil Protection Agency announcing the smallest rise in new cases for five days
- new confirmed cases up 4,789 over the past 24 hours
- death toll up 602
Totals:
- confirmed cases 63,927
- deaths 6,077
A health official in hard-hit northern region Lombardy,:
- "Today is perhaps the first positive day we have had in this hard, very tough month"
- "It is not the time to sing victory, but we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel"
Some of the reduction in cases may be due to a dip in the number of tests carried out.
