Thursday saw a new record in the
daily number of new COVID cases in Italy, 26,831, up from 24,991
Wednesday.
There were 217 new deaths, the health ministry said, up from 205
Wednesday.
There was also a new record number of swabs taken, 201,452, some
2,500 more than Wednesday, the ministry said.
The number of intensive care patients rose by 115 in the last 24
hours, to 1,651.
The currently positive are 299,191, or 22,734 more than
Wednesday.
The number of recovered patients is 279,282, up 3,878 on the
day before.
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