While Italy overtook China in number of deaths related to the virus on March 19, over the weekend the European country was surpassed by the United States, which also has the most coronavirus cases in the world.

Italy reported 431 new deaths on Sunday, the smallest daily increase since March 19, CNBC reported.

As of Monday, there have been at least 156,363 confirmed cases in Italy, the third-most worldwide behind the U.S. and Spain, and 19,899 people have died, according to current data.

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