⁍ Italy reported a further record daily total of 19,644 new coronavirus cases on Saturday.

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⁍ Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he wants to avoid a repeat of the blanket lockdown which helped curb the disease earlier in the year.

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⁍ A number of regions have imposed overnight curfews and the government is expected to announce further measures soon.

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– The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has hit a record 19,644 over the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said in a statement Saturday, per Reuters. The number of cases in the country, which has seen more than 1,000 deaths from the disease this year, is expected to rise as authorities consider imposing curfews and other restrictions to stem the resurgence of the virus, Reuters reports. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he wants to avoid a repeat of the blanket lockdown which helped curb the disease earlier in the year, but a number of regions have imposed overnight curfews and the government is expected to announce further measures soon. Late on Friday, crowds in the southern city of Naples clashed with police in protest against the nighttime curfew ordered in the Campania region.