Covid, over 3 thousand people in intensive care in Italy

There were 243 admissions to intensive care for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Italy, according to data from the Ministry of Health.

The daily balance between admissions and discharges is 100 more patients, bringing the total to over 3 again. There are 3.082 patients, exactly. The peak number of intensive care admissions was reached on April 3 of last year, with 4.068 patients in intensive care. In the ordinary wards (pulmonology and infectious diseases), however, the number of patients increased by 365 compared to yesterday, bringing the total to 24.518.

There are 21.315 positive Covid tests in Italy in the last 24 hours, according to data from Ministry of HealthYesterday there were 26.062. The victims were 264, yesterday there were 317. The decrease is due to the almost 100 thousand fewer swabs.
273.966 molecular and antigenic swabs for coronavirus were carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Yesterday there were 372.944 tests, almost 100 thousand more. Today's positivity rate (positives/tests ratio) is 7,78%, yesterday it was 6,98%, so today it is up about 0,8%.

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The total cases since the beginning of the epidemic are 3.223.142, the deaths 102.145. The currently positive are 531.266 (+11.205 compared to yesterday), the discharged and recovered are 2.589.731 (+9.835), in home isolation there are 503.666 people (+10.740).
The Region with the most cases is still Lombardy (+6.077), followed by Emilia Romagna (+3.321), Piedmont (2.885), Lazio (2.214) and Campania (+1.529). Total cases since the beginning of the epidemic rise to 3.223.142. Those recovered are 11.205 (yesterday 14.970), for a total of 531.266. The number of people currently positive is still growing strongly: 11.205 more (yesterday 10.744), 531.266 in total. Of these, 492.926 patients are in home isolation.