Italy's death toll surges past 10,000; lockdown extension likely

Milan: The death toll from an outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Italy barrelled past 10,000 on Saturday, a figure that made an extension of a national lockdown almost certain. Officials said 889 more people died in the previous 24 hours, the second highest daily tally since the epidemic emerged on February 21, and that total fatalities reached 10,023. Confirmed cases rose by about 6,000 to 92,472, the second-highest number of cases in the...