The Civil Protection Department said
Wednesday that Italy has registered 321 new cases of the
coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
As well as the province of Bolzano, there are eight regions
with zero fresh contagions: Sicily, Friuli Venezia Giulia,
Umbria, Sardinia, Valle d'Aosta, Calabria, Molise and
Basilicata.
The department said 33,601 people have now died after
contracting COVID-19 here, up 71.
Tuesday's daily rise in the death toll was 55.
Lombardy saw 29 deaths in the last 24 hours, up on 12
Tuesday.
For the first time since the start of the emergency, the
number of regions with no new coronavirus victims rose to 12
Wednesday: Veneto, Marche, Campania, Trentino Alto Adige,
Sicily, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Umbria, Sardinia, Valle d'Aosta,
Calabria, Molise and Basilicata.
The department said 160,938 people have recovered from the
coronavirus in Italy, 846 up on Tuesday.
It said 39,297 people are currently infected with COVID-19,
596 down.
Tuesday's fall was 1,474.
The total number of cases in Italy, counting the currently
positive, the deceased and those who have recovered, is now
233,836.
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