(ANSA) - Rome, February 25 - The first coronavirus case in
southern Italy has been registered, with a tourist from the
northern city of Bergamo testing positive in Palermo.
The woman was tested after being admitted to the Sicilian
city's Cervello hospital with flu symptoms.
The worst-hit region is Lombardy, where six people have died
and 206 people have contracted the deadly disease.
There has been one death and over 30 cases in Veneto, 18
cases in Emilia-Romagna, three in Piedmont and three in Lazio,
one in Trentino-Alto Adige and now one in Sicily.
There is also suspected case in Florence of an Italian who
had returned from Singapore and is in isolation in the city's
Santa Maria Nuova.
Coronavirus:first case in southern Italy
Tourist from Bergamo tests positive in Palermo