Italy's daily COVID-19 recoveries surpass infections as it prepares for post-lockdown

ROME, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The daily number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 on Thursday surpassed new infections for the first time in Italy since the pandemic began in the country's northern region in late February, according to the latest numbers released by the country's Civil Protection Department. The death toll on Thursday was 464, bringing the nationwide fatalities to 25,549 since the pandemic first broke out in the northern Lombardy region on Feb. 21. Among these fatalities were 148 doctors, according to the National Federation of Orders of Surgeons and Dentists (FNOMCeO), which is keeping a running tally of doctors who lost their lives in the battle against the virus. There...