Another mayor in Italy dies of COVID-19, government to ban all outdoor exercise

Raimondo Balicco, mayor of the city of Mezzoldo in Italy's Lombardy region died in his home in the early hours of Wednesday after his condition deteriorated, reported local media. He had been recuperating for two weeks after contracting COVID-19.

The Italian government threatened on Wednesday to ban all outdoor exercise as the coronavirus death toll soared to 2,978 and frustration grew over the number of people defying a nationwide lockdown order.