Italy reported 171 263 COVID-19 related cases on Saturday, against 179 106 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of one-day deaths fell to 333 from 373.
Italy has registered 143 296 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the ninth highest in the world. The country has reported 9.8 million cases to date.
Patients in hospital with COVID-19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 19 442 on Saturday, down from 19 485 a day earlier.
There were 121 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 148 on Friday. The total number of intensive care patients decreased to 1 676 from a previous 1 707.
Some 1.04 million tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 1.12 million, the health ministry said.
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