ROME: At least 1,049 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Italy, while the overall death toll has increased to 29, health authorities have confirmed.
“Some 543 people — or 52 percent of those affected are currently under house quarantine since they are asymptomatic, or presents light symptoms and need no hospital treatments,” Xinhua news agency quoted Civil Protection Department chief and Extraordinary Commissioner for the coronavirus emergency, Angelo Borrelli, as saying on Saturday. (IANS)