On Friday, the country recorded 919 deaths, making it the largest number of fatalities recorded by Italy in a single day since the outbreak.
This was followed by 889 deaths on Saturday.
The toll dropped to 756 by the following day.
Italy’s Civil Protection Agency also noted that the rate of new infections had slowed, with an additional 5217 having caught the virus on Sunday – a smaller increase than Saturday’s 5994 new recorded cases.
Sunday’s figures showed an additional 646 people had recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing Italy’s total to 13,030.
But with close to 98,000 infections, Italy is by far battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks worldwide.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has asked the public “not to drop their guard” rather than assuming that the virus has passed its peak.
In the epicentre of the pandemic, the region around Milan where the number of cases previously increased daily, the number of Italians receiving intensive care remained almost unchanged.
“We are witnessing a slowdown,” University of Milan virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco told Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera.
“It is not plateau yet, but it is a good sign.”
Italy closed all of its schools at the start of the month and then began gradually imposing a lockdown, tightening it successively until almost all stores were shut on March 12.
The lockdown is officially due to end on April 3, but officials appear determined to extend it until the coronavirus is finally stopped in its tracks.
A final decision is expected to be made at a ministerial meeting in the coming days.
In theory, the existing state of national health emergency allows Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to extend the lockdown until July 31.
