The Civil Protection Department announced on Thursday that Italy had registered 333 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
This is generally stable compared to 329 new cases registered on Wednesday. The Department said 216 new cases, 64.8% of all, were registered in Lombardy, the region most affected by the disaster.
It was found that only four regions did not report any new cases on Thursday – Umbria, Valle D’Aosta, Molise and Basilicata.
The Protezione Civile said 66 COVID-19 sufferers had died in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of fatalities to 34,514. It was over 43 deaths on Wednesday. It said 36 of Thursday’s deaths occurred in Lombardy, compared with 14 on Wednesday. It is said that 180,544 people have recovered from COVID-19 here, an increase of 1 089 one day.
The number of people infected with coronavirus in Italy now is 23.101 people in Italy are, a decrease of 824 people per day. The total number of reported cases in Italy is 238.159, including the current positive, dead and recovered cases.
After several weeks of continuous falls, the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care has increased. The department said 168 patients are receiving intensive care, an increase of five from Wednesday.
Source: Ansa