Coronavirus: deaths up 636, rise in infected slows to 1,941

(ANSA) - Rome, April 6 - The civil protection department said Monday that 16,523 people have now died with the coronavirus in Italy, 636 more than Sunday. That is up from Sunday's daily rise in COVID-19 deaths of 525.
    The department said that 93,187 people are currently infected with the coronavirus in Italy, 1,941 more than Sunday.
    That was down from Sunday's rise of 2,972. It said 22,837 people have now recovered from the coronavirus in Italy, up 1,022.
    Overall, the number of people to have been infected, including those who have died and those who have recovered, is now 132,547.
   Luca Richeldi, a doctor from Rome's Policlinico Gemelli hospital and a member of the government's CTS expert committee on the crisis, said the data confirmed the impression that the spread of the deadly virus is slowing after almost a month of stringent lockdown measure.
"The figures largely confirm the comforting trend that we have been seeing for a few days, thanks to the effective containment measures," Richeldi said.