Italy's coronavirus cases near 120,000

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 14,681 lives in locked-down Italy.

The number of confirmed infections, fatalities and recoveries totaled 119,827 on Friday, the country's Civil Protection Department said.

Meanwhile, a moderate daily decrease in the number of new infections was confirmed by the country's experts.

On Friday, the country reported 766 coronavirus-related fatalities, six more than a day earlier.

The number of active infections increased to 85,388, with 2,339 new cases registered, against an increase of 2,477 on Thursday.