COVID: New cases down 24.9% over last week says GIMBE

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 3 - New cases of COVID-19 in Italy have fallen by 24.9% over the last week, the independent health foundation GIMBE said Thursday.
    After three weeks of remaining stable at around 1.2 million, the number of cases fell to just over 900,000 in the last week, GIMBE President Nino Cartabellotta said.
    He cautioned, however, that "the circulation of the virus remains high", with the Omicron variant still spreading fast.
    Cartabellotta said some 7.4 million Italians have remained unvaccinated.
    Some 2.46 million of these are in the 5-11 year old age group and 693,000 in the 12-19 bracket, as well as 1.89 million over 50s at a high risk of serious illness. (ANSA).