London | The coronavirus killed an Italian every two minutes at the weekend, as hospitals and morgues buckle, forcing Italy to ratchet up its two-week-old lockdown to a new level.
The death toll on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) was 793, lifting the total number of casualties to 4825. At around midnight Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced he was closing parks and bringing the economy to a standstill.
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