Italy has seen 23,232 more COVID
cases and 853 more deaths in the last 24 hours, health ministry
prevention chief Gianni Rezza said Tuesday.
This compared to 22,930 new cases and 630 deaths Monday, he
said.
Rezza called the latest daily death toll "bad news".
Some 188,659 swabs were taken over the last 24 hours, compared
to 149,000 on Monday, Rezza said.
"There has therefore been a slight rise in the number of
positives," he said.
Higher Health Council (CSS) chief Franco Locatelli said the
ratio of cases to swabs was 12.31% and there were six more
intensive care cases compared to 120 a week ago, while hospital
admissions were 120 against 528 a week ago.
"So the indicators are going in the right direction," he said.
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