Coronavirus death toll at 18,849 in Italy, intensive care numbers fall

A man wearing a face mask walks at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy, on April 10, 2020. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday extended the country's national COVID-19 lockdown to "at least" May 3. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed 18,849 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 147,577 since the pandemic began here in late February, according to fresh data released by the country's Civil Protection Department on Friday. (Photo by Augusto Casasoli/Xinhua)