Did Italy Confirm Almost 200 Coronavirus Deaths in 24 Hours?







As of early March 2020, Italy had seen the worst COVID-19 outbreak outside Asia.







































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['Almost 200 people in Italy died from the coronavirus in a 24-hour period between March 11 and 12, 2020.', 'As the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic in early March 2020, alarmed readers asked Snopes to verify reports that nearly 200 people died in a 24-hour span in Italy as a result of the disease.', 'Sadly it is true that between March 10 and March 11, 2020, 196 people died in Italy, which was suffering the worst outbreak of COVID-19 outside Asia. Reuters reported on March 11 that, “The death toll from coronaviruses in Italy has risen from 196 to 827, an increase of 31%, Civil Protection [Agency] announced today.”', 'The death toll rose again the next day as an additional spate of deaths was reported. On March 12, The New York Times reported, “The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 189 to 1,016, a rise of 23%, the Civil Protection Agency said.”', 'On March 13, 2020, Italy experienced its worst 24 hour period in terms of fatalities, reporting 250 deaths from the virus.', 'Italy was struggling to keep pace with the disease, running low on hospital beds and equipment to treat the rapidly-spreading virus, which was first detected in Wuhan, China in late 2019.', 'The news of these fatalities came amid announcements in the United States that everything from basketball tournaments to Disneyland were shutting down in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.', 'U.S. health officials estimate that COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus, is roughly ten times more deadly than the seasonal flu.', 'Reuters. \xa0 “Morti per Coronavirus in Italia Salgono a 827 – Protezione Civile.”\n\xa0 \xa0 11 March 2020.', 'Reuters. \xa0 “Italian Daily Coronavirus Deaths Jump 23% to 1,016.”\n\xa0 \xa0 12 March 2020.', 'Higgins-Dunn, Noah and Berkeley Lovelace Jr. \xa0 “Top US Health Official Says the Coronavirus is 10 Times ‘More Lethal’ than the Seasonal Flu.”\n\xa0 \xa0 CNBC. \xa0 11 March 2020.', 'Reuters.\xa0“Italian Daily Coronavirus Deaths Jump 25% to 1,266.”\n\xa0\xa013 March 2020.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', 'A complete story is rarely told in a headline.', 'Social media rumors that two memorials in New York were vandalized proved misleading.', 'In August 2019, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man died after an encounter with police officers in Aurora, Colorado.', 'A chaotic scene in St. Louis sparked outrage, memes, and confusion.', 'Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on sex abuse charges connected to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.', 'The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President Donald Trump, though they did not, as some claim, invent it.', "The question of past arrests often surfaces among people who want to rationalize police officers' actions when Black men are killed in custody.", 'You can claim anything if you remove the barrier of evidence.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', '© 1995 - 2020 by Snopes Media Group Inc.', 'This material may not be reproduced without permission.', 'Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com']
Did Italy Confirm Almost 200 Coronavirus Deaths in 24 Hours?