Officials say Italy has recorded a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, AP reports.

Data released by Italy's Civil Protection Agency on Monday showed 4,789 new cases from a day earlier, nearly 700 fewer than the day-to-day increase reported Sunday.

The number of deaths also did not rise by as much. There were just over 600 registered on Monday compared to 651 on Sunday.

As of Monday, Italy had a total of 59,138 virus cases.