Italy on Sunday reported a one-day record death toll and leaders warned of a bed and artificial respirator shortage in the European epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic.Official data showed the number of fatalities shooting up by 368 to 1,809 -- more than half of all the cases recorded outside China.The Vatican took the drastic step of cancelling Easter week celebrations that were set to begin on April 5 as the country of 60 million braced for an extended crisis.Only occasional joggers and a few locals carrying grocery bags could be seen on the streets of Rome on a sunny afternoon of Italy's first weekend under effective lockdown."I am not really interested in what people tell us about religion," pensioner Roman said after the Vatican announced that its Easter observances "will take place without the physical presence of the faithful"."I'm interested in what people tell us about our health."Milan's Lombardy region governor Attilio Fontana said the situation in areas around Italy's financial capital was "getting worse"."We are close to the point where we will no longer be able to resuscitate people because we will be out of intensive care unit beds," Fontana told Italy's Sky TG24 channel."We need those machines (doctors) use to ventilate lungs, artificial respirators that unfortunately we cannot find," Fontana said."As soon as those respirators arrive from abroad, we will be ready to go on the attack."The Lombardy region has recorded 1,218 of the deaths officially attributed to COVID-19 over the past three weeks -- more than the rest of Europe combined.