Covid live: UK health secretary apologises over ‘cower’ tweet; Indonesia extends virus restrictions
by Caroline Davies from on (#5MJJQ)
Latest updates: Sajid Javid sorry for poor choice of words' after criticism from victims' families; Indonesia has extended its Covid-19 restrictions by a week
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4.21pm BST
Italy reported seven coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday compared with five the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 4,743 from 5,140 on Saturday.
Italy has registered 127,949 deaths linked to Covid-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth-highest in the world.
The country has reported more than 4.3 million cases to date.