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Obituary pages show human toll of COVID-19 in northern Italy
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Updated: 2:04 PM EDT Mar 16, 2020
Obituary pages in an Italian newspaper are showing the grim reality the new coronavirus is taking on the world.More than 1,800 people have died in Italy in connection with the outbreak.Italy has been hit hardest so far in Europe. The national government in Rome has imposed a dramatic lockdown as the coronavirus spreads in the country, where there are now more than 24,000 cases — the most outside China. Economists say that measures imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus in Italy are likely to push the country’s already fragile economy into deep recession that will put hotels, travel companies, restaurants and
