ZURICH, April 21 — The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,187, the country’s public health agency said today, rising from 1,142 people yesterday.

The number of positive tests increased to 28,063 from 27,944 yesterday, an increase of 119, it said. The infection rate has slowed of late from a peak of 1,300 new positive tests per day at the end of March. — Reuters