There were another 92 coronavirus deaths in Italy on Monday, but none were reported in Lombardy 24 hours ago.
Only 300 new infections were counted today – the lowest such figure since February 29.
Lombardy has posted 34 more fatalities, but it did not release a daily death toll on Sunday.
Now it has been confirmed that the region had none to report, although that does not take any unofficial cases into consideration.
There were another 92 coronavirus deaths in Italy on Monday, but none were reported in Lombardy 24 hours ago.
Only 300 new infections were counted today – the lowest such figure since February 29.
Lombardy has posted 34 more fatalities, but it did not release a daily death toll on Sunday.
Now it has been confirmed that the region had none to report, although that does not take any unofficial cases into consideration.
Nevertheless, it is a welcome development, given Lombardy has been the hotbed of the pandemic on the peninsula.
As of Monday, there have been 230,158 positive tests of COVID-19 (+300), with 55,300 of them currently active (-1,294).
A total of 141,981 people have recovered (+1,502) and 32,877 have died.
Out of the 55,300 active cases, 46,574 are in self-isolation (-854), 8,185 are in hospital with symptoms (-428) and 541 are in intensive care (-12).
There have now been 3,482,253 tests, an increase of 35,241 since yesterday.