Italy's COVID-19 Rt number and incidence down - ISS

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 28 - Italy's COVID-19 incidence has fallen to 1,823 for every 100,000 inhabitants, according to the weekly coronavirus monitoring report of the health ministry and the Higher Health Institute (ISS), down from 2,011 in last week's report.
    The report said the nation's Rt transmission number had fallen to 0.97 from 1.31 last week.
    It said the pressure the pandemic was exerting on Italy's hospitals had fallen too.
    It said the proportion of Italy's intensive-care places occupied by COVID sufferers had dropped from 17.3% to 16.7%.
    It said the proportion of ordinary-ward hospital beds taken up by coronavirus patients was down from 31.6% to 30.4%. (ANSA).