There have been a new record 189,109
new cases of COVID-19 in Italy in the last 24 hours, and 231
more victims of the virus, the health ministry said Wednesday.
That compares to 170,844 new cases and 259 more victims Tuesday.
Some 1,094,255 more tests have been done, compared with
1,228,410 Tuesday.
The positivity rate is up from 13.9% to 17.28%.
Intensive care cases have risen by 36 to 1,428 and hospital
admissions by 452 to 13,364.
The currently positive are 1,265,297, up 140,245 on Tuesday.
The recovered and discharged are 5,163,605, up 30,333 on
Tuesday.
The case tally since the start of the pandemic is 6,566,947, and
the death toll 138,045.
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