Italy's COVID-19 infections top 30,000

Italy now has a total of 217,185 COVID-19 infections.

Italy's COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 30,000, making it the second highest fatality figure in Europe.

The country reported 243 new fatalities on Friday, taking its total tally to 30,201. The previous day, the country reported 274 deaths.

Italy also reported 1,327 new daily infections of COVID-19, bringing its total number of cases to 217,185.

Italy has the third highest number of officially recorded COVID deaths in the world, after the U.S. and the U.K.

Globally, the number of COVID-19 infections have surpassed 3.8 million, with over 270,000 deaths.

Source(s): BBC