Covid in Italy, today 24.747 new cases and 63 deaths

The Covid curve in Italy is still rising.

There are 24.747 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, compared to 48.456 yesterday but above all 16.571 last Monday, an increase of 50% on a weekly basis. processed swabs there are 100.959 (yesterday 199.340) with a positivity rate that drops from 25,3% to 24,5%. There are 63 deaths (yesterday 44).

The total number of victims since the beginning pandemic thus rises to 168.165. Hospitalizations are increasing: 7 more intensive care (yesterday +2), which are now 234 in total with 22 daily admissions. And another 341 more are ordinary hospitalizations (yesterday +190) for a total of 5.873. This is what emerges from the SNOW daily newspaper of the Ministry of Health.

The region with the highest number of cases is the Lazio with 3.623 infections, among those with the highest growth, followed by Lombardia (+ 3.043), Emilia Romagna (+ 2.961), Campania (+2.647) and Veneto (+1.999).

Total cases since the beginning of the pandemic reach 18.259.261. discharged / healed in the last 24 hours there are 19.545 (yesterday 19.320) for a total that rises to 17.352.245. The currently positive are 5.411 more (yesterday +29.961) for a total that rises to 738.851. Of these, 732.744 are in home isolation.