CNN: Italy calls in military to enforce lockdown as 627 people die in 24 hours
Soldiers were being drafted in to help enforce the lockdown in Italy on Friday as officials announced 627 new deaths, the largest single-day toll anywhere in the world since the coronavirus outbreak began.
More than 4000 people have now died from coronavirus in Italy.
NEW: Friday 20 March update of our coronavirus mortality trajectories tracker
• Italy had highest single-day death toll of any country today: 627
• UK still on steeper mortality curve than Italy, as Britain begins to lock down. Too late?Live version: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF pic.twitter.com/k6HuaWTfxJ
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 20, 2020
