Covid-19 death toll in Italy surpasses 100,000

A police car patrols Naples’ waterfront in Italy (Alessandro Pone/LaPresse via AP)

Italy has surpassed 100,000 deaths in the pandemic, a year after it became the first country in Europe to go into lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19.

The Italian Health Ministry on Monday said 318 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 100,103, the second highest in Europe after Britain.