Mayor of Cene in Italy confirmed dead from COVID-19

Giorgio Valoti, mayor of Cene in northern Italy, died at the age of 70, making him the first governor in Italy to die from COVID-19, Italian media reported.

The city of Cene is in Bergamo, Lombardy, one of Italy's worst-hit regions.

Valoti was reportedly ill in hospital on March 7, tested positive for the coronavirus and died of a severe lung infection on Friday.