The Civil Protection Department
said Tuesday that a new record in the daily number of people who
have recovered from the coronavirus in Italy has been set, with
the total rising by 2,723 to 51,600.
Monday's daily rise in recoveries was 1,822.
The department also reported a sharp fall in those infected
in Italy with COVID-19.
It said there are now 107,709 infected, 528 fewer than
Monday.
On Monday the number of those infected fell for the first
time here since the start of the pandemic, by 20.
The department said 24,648 people have died after contracting
the coronavirus, up 534.
Monday's rise was 454.
The trend of a fall in intensive care coronavirus cases
continued Tuesday with the total down 102 to 2,471, the civil
protection department said.
The overall number of swabs to have been taken is 1,450,150,
52,126 more than Monday.
Over 680,000 have been taken in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and
Veneto.
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