People wearing protective face masks and gloves sit in an underground metro car, in Rome, during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. (Andreas SOLARO/AFP)

ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 323 on Wednesday (Apr 29), against 382 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new infections stood at 2,086, broadly stable from 2,091 on Tuesday.