The health ministry said Tuesday that
Italy has registered 6,946 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24
hours and 251 coronavirus sufferers died in that time.
That was up from 5,080 new cases and 198 deaths on Monday.
The number of new cases is generally lower on Monday than on
other days of the week because fewer tests are done on Sunday.
Indeed, Tuesday's data was based on 286,428 tests, compared to
130,000 on Monday.
The ratio of positive tests with respect to the overall total
was 2,4%, down from 3.9% on Monday.
Italy's COVID-19 death toll now stands at 123,282.
The pressure on the nation's health system continued to ease.
The ministry said 2,056 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care
in Italy, down by 102.
It said 14,937 coronavirus patients were in other hospital
departments, down by 490 on Monday.
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