Italy registers record 37,809 new COVID cases

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 6 - Italy has registered a record 37,809 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday.
    That is up from 34,500 new cases on Thursday.
    The ministry said 446 COVID-19 sufferers have died in Italy in the last 24 hours, one more than on Thursday and the highest number since the first wave of the coronavirus in April.
    Italy's COVID-19 death toll is now 40,638.
    The nation has registered 862,681 coronavirus cases in total, including the deceased, the recovered and the currently positive.
    The ministry said a record 234,245 swabs were performed over the last 24 hours, some 15,000 more than Thursday.
    The ratio of the positive cases to the total number of people tested was 16.14%, almost one percentage point higher than on Thursday. (ANSA).