COVID: Italy registers 846 deaths in 24 hours

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 15 - The health ministry said Tuesday that 846 COVID-19 sufferers have died in Italy in the last 24 hours.
    It said that 14,844 new cases of the coronavirus had been recorded in that time.
    Italy's COVID-19 death toll now stands at 65,857.
    The ministry said that 162,880 swabs had been taken in the last 24 hours, up from 103,584 on Monday.
    It said the ratio of positive tests with respect to the total was 9.1%, down 2.5 percentage points compared to Monday.
    The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care continued on a downward trend, falling by 92 in a day to 3,003.
    The number of coronavirus patients in other hospital wards is 27,342, down 423. (ANSA).