A quarter of Italy’s population was in lockdown Sunday as the government announced a spike in deaths, with infections soaring past 7,000, overtaking South Korea as the country with the highest number of cases after China. Italy’s COVID-19 death count nearly tripled from 133 to 366 and infections rose by a single-day record from 1,492 to 7,375. Italy’s measures, in place until April 3, bar people from entering or leaving vast areas of the north, according to a decree published online.
