Covid in Italy: today 29.875 cases and 95 deaths

There are 29.875 new cases Covid registered in Italy in the last 24 hours, compared to 9.820 yesterday but above all to 44.489 infections last Tuesday, confirming a constantly decreasing weekly trend. Even if today's data is missing Emilia Romagna, which due to a computer update did not communicate today's numbers.

The swabs processed are 269.971 (yesterday 93.813) with the positivity rate rising from 10,5% to 11,1%. The deaths are 95 (yesterday 80). The total victims since the beginning of the pandemic rise to 166.127. Hospitalizations are still decreasing: patients in intensive care are 1 less (like yesterday), with 29 daily admissions, and are 290 in total, while in the ordinary wards there are 131 fewer (yesterday -12), 6.257 in total.

This is what emerges from the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health. The region with the highest number of cases today is Lombardy with 4.330 infections, followed by Campania (+3.505), Lazio (+3.337), Sicily (+2.957) and Veneto (+2.448). The total cases since the beginning of the pandemic reach 17.288.287. The discharged/recovered in the last 24 hours are 21.327 (yesterday 27.490) for a total that rises to 16.310.440. The currently positive are 21.327 fewer (yesterday -17.579) for a total that drops to 811.720. Of these, 805.173 are in home isolation.