Cemetery workers wearing face masks are seen at Catania cemetery, which reopened today as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Italy May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 236 on Tuesday (May 5), against 195 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new infections came in at 1,075 against 1,221 on Monday.