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ROME, Feb. 24-- Six people have died and 222 have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) nationwide in Italy, Angelo Borrelli, chief of Civil Protection Department and extraordinary commissioner for the coronavirus emergency, told a press conference at 6 p.m. local time on Monday. Of the infected people, 101 are hospitalised, 94 are quarantined at home and 27 are in intensive care, Borrelli said. The numbers are up from 213 cases nationwide announced by the Ministry of Health at 12 noon on Monday. | 
