Medical personnel work in the ICU of Istituto Clinico Casalpalocco, in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

ROME -- The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 14,681 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries so far to 119,827, the latest data from the country's Civil Protection Department managing the national emergency response showed on Friday.

On daily basis, 766 deaths of COVID-19 were reported on Friday compared with Thursday's 760 cases.

The number of active infections increased to 85,388, with 2,339 new cases compared to the previous day.