The number of people in Italy with
COVID-19 is close to the one-million mark after the health
ministry reported 86,334 new cases in the last 24-hour period on
Friday.
It said that helped take the tally of people current positive
for the coronavirus here up to 929,006.
The number of new cases was up from 83,274 on Thursday.
The ministry said 72 COVID sufferers had died here in the last
24 hours, up from 59 on Thursday.
Italy's overall COVID death tool now stands at 168,425.
It said 316,040 coronavirus tests had been done in the 24-hour
period and the positivity rate was 27.3%, down from 28.1% on
Thursday.
It said 264 COVID patients were in intensive care in Italy, an
increase of three in one day.
The ministry said 6,830 coronavirus sufferers were in ordinary
hospital wards, a rise of 238.
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