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.
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