(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 20 - After four weeks of rises, the number
of new COVID-19 cases registered in Italy in the last seven days
has dropped, falling by 6,2% to 275 ,000, compared to 294,000
the previous week, the GIMBE medical foundation said Thursday in
its weekly coronavirus monitoring report.
The number of COVID-linked deaths, however, rose 38.4% to 544,
an average of 78 a day, up from 56 the previous week.
The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care climbed by
13.4% while the number in ordinary hospital beds rose by 11.7%.
The foundation said that only 20% of the Italian population has
had a fourth COVID vaccine dose.
It added that 7.49 million people in Italy are yet to have a
third jab, while 6.8 million are not vaccinated at all for the
coronavirus. (ANSA).
New COVID-19 cases down but deaths up - GIMBE
Hospital admissions also on the rise says medical foundation