There are 170,844 new infections from Covid in the last 24 hours in Italy (yesterday there were 68,052). This is what emerges from the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health. The victims are instead 259, a sharp increase compared to yesterday, when there were 140.
The number of positives is the highest achieved since the start of the pandemic. That of the dead, 259, is the highest since last April 30, when there were 263.
With 1,228,410 molecular and antigenic swabs, the positivity rate is 13.9%, down slightly from 15.2% yesterday.
As for admissions, there are 1,392 patients in intensive care, 41 more in 24 hours in the balance between entries and exits. The hospitalized with symptoms in the ordinary wards are 12,912, or 579 more than yesterday.
There are 1,265,297 currently positive at Covid, 140,245 more than yesterday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the total cases are 6,566,947 and 138,045 deaths. On the other hand, the discharged and healed are 5,163,605, with an increase of 30,333 compared to yesterday.
The difficult situation in Lombardy is worth noting: with 238,990 swabs performed, the number of new positives registered in the region is 50,104, with a percentage of 20.9%. This is a new record of infections.
(Unioneonline / D)
