Italy sees virus cases rise 45% in a day; deaths up to 11
(WorldNews Health)

ROME (AP) - Italy reported a 45% one-day increase in people infected with the coronavirus as other countries in Europe recorded their first cases Tuesday, producing evidence that travelers are carrying the virus from the European outbreak’s current epicenter. Italian officials reported 11 deaths and 322 confirmed cases of the virus, 100 more than a day earlier. While the majority were concentrated in northern Italy, some of the new cases registered outside the country’s two hard-hit regions, including three in Sicily, two in Tuscany and one in Liguria. An Italian couple from the afflicted north tested positive in the Canary Islands off Africa, forcing the quarantine of their...