COVID-19: Italy registers 80,653 new cases, 157 more deaths

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 21 - Italy has registered 80,653 new COVID-19 cases and 157 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24-hour period, the health ministry said on Thursday.
    That was down from 86,067 new cases on Wednesday while the number of deaths was the same.
    The ministry said 366,000 COVID tests had been done in the last 24 hours and the positivity rate was 22%, down from 22.6% on Wednesday.
    It said 410 COVID sufferers were in intensive care, the same as on Wednesday.
    There are 10,984 coronavirus patients in ordinary hospital wards, a drop of 53 in one day. (ANSA).