Medical workers tend to a patient in the ICU of the Bassini Hospital, in Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, Italy. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 602 on Tuesday (Apr 14), up from 566 the day before, posting a second consecutive daily increase, but new infections slowed to 2,972 from 3,153, seeing the smallest daily tally since March 13.