Italian couple who had been together 60 years die from coronavirus just two hours apart

An Italian couple who had been together for 60 years died without their son to comfort them on their deathbed, just two hours apart, on Tuesday from coronavirus.

Severa Belotti, 82, and Luigi Carrara, 86, spent the last days of their lives in lockdown, in their hometown of Albino, in the northern Italian province of Bergamo.

According to the daily maikl,Their son, Luca Carrara, claims they were confined to their home for eight days, without medical assistance, running a fever of 39 degrees celsius (102.2 Fahrenheit).

The heartbroken son told local newspaper Corriere della Sera that his father, Luigi, who worked as a bricklayer before retirement, was taken to Bergamo hospital on Saturday and his mother, Severa, a housewife, was admitted to the same facility on Sunday.

One died at 9.15am and the other at 11am, less than two hours apart.