Italy records 77 coronavirus deaths of doctors

A total of 77 doctors in Italy have died after contracting the new coronavirus as of Saturday morning local time, according to Italy's National Federation of Orders of Surgeons and Dentists (FNOMCeO).

Also 11,252 medical workers have tested positive for the coronavirus, accounting for nearly 10 percent of total infections in the country, another data from Italian Higher Health Institute (ISS) showed.

So far, Italy has a total of 119,827 confirmed cases of COVID-19 behind the U.S. And 14,618 patients in Italy have died because of the disease, the highest death toll in the world.