ROME, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy reported 171,263 Covid-19 related cases on Saturday, against 179,106 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of one-day deaths fell to 333 from 373.
Italy has registered 143,296 deaths linked to Covid-19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the ninth highest in the world. The country has reported 9.8 million cases to date.
Patients in hospital with Covid-19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 19,442 on Saturday, down from 19,485 a day earlier.
There were 121 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 148 on Friday. The total number of intensive care patients decreased to 1,676 from a previous 1,707.
Some 1.04 million tests for Covid-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 1.12 million, the health ministry said. — NNN-AGENCIES
