Italy's Economy

More than 31,600 Italians have died of COVID-19 since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21, the third-highest death toll in the world after that of the United States and Britain

About 150 Italian academics have published a letter in financial daily Il Sole-24 Ore, owned by the Italian business lobby Confindustria, urging the government to unblock the economy

The civil protection service said the daily number of official Covid-19 deaths rose to 636 on Monday from 525 the day before.

Central Bank said if present growth continued, GDP would return to its 2007 levels, within 8 years