There has been a fresh and largely
unexpected upsurge in COVID-19 cases in Italy which have risen
by 44% in the last week, the weekly bulletin from the health
ministry and the Higher Health Institute (ISS) said Friday.
The number of new cases rose to 21,309, up from 14,866 last
week, according to the bulletin, which said however that "the
infection remains low, although it has been increasing for three
weeks".
The incidence also rose to 31 cases per 100,000 inhabitants
compared to 24 last week.
There was a slight growth in hospitalisations in the general
medical area at 3% compared to 2.7% last week with a total of
1,872 beds occupied.
There was a slight increase in the occupation of intensive care
(0.6% compared to 0.4% in the previous survey) where 49 people
were admitted.
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