The daily tally of new COVID cases in
Italy rose again on Thursday, to 16,079, almost a thousand more
than Wednesday, but with some 7,500 fewer swabs (170,392
against 177,848).
Total infections including victims and recovered is now 465,726.
The daily death toll was 136 in the last 24 hours, up from 127
Wednesday, for a total of 36,968.
Italy has seen an upswing in cases which is more marked in
Lombardy, Campania and Lazio, among other regions.
Night-time curfews have been imposed in these three regions.
Some experts expect a new national lockdown at Christmas, but
the government has ruled this out.
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