COVID: 23,438 new cases, 84 more victims

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 25 - There have been 23,438 new cases of COVID-19 in Italy in the last 24 hours, and 84 more victims with the virus, the health ministry said Thursday.
    That compares to 25,389 new cases and 112 more victims Wednesday.
    Some 154,143 more tests have been done, compared to 174,227 Wednesday.
    The positivity rate is up from 14.6% to 15.2%.
    Intensive care cases are down five to 234 and hospital admissions down 166 to 6,004.
    The currently positive are 711,312, down 16,500 on Wednesday.
    The recovered and discharged are 20,858,626 (+39.851).
    The case tally since the start of the pandemic is 21,745,065 and the death toll 175,127. (ANSA).