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19/03/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Coronavirus: Italy cases continue to rise

475 people died in Italy on Wednesday due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak

475 people died in Italy on Wednesday due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Italy recorded the highest daily number of deaths linked to Covid-19 of any country, at any time during the coronavirus pandemic. 475 people died in the country on Wednesday, while China reported its first day without any new cases of the virus.

Also in the programme: More on the economic fallout as a result of the coronavirus, and how esports is filling the void of the global sporting shutdown.

(Picture: Sanitization operation in Naples, Italy. Credit: EPA/CIRO FUSCO)

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