ROME, June 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Italian Health Ministry, said that, 97 COVID-19 patients are in ICU, of whom almost half, or 43 patients, are in the northern Lombardy region.
Eight people succumbed to the virus over the past 24 hours (compared to 30 victims on Friday), pushing the overall death toll to 34,716.
Yesterday, Italian health officials recorded 175 fresh cases, down from 259 new cases on Friday, and there were 16,836 total infections.
Of these active cases, 1,260 were hospitalised with symptoms and 15,479 were quarantined at home, because they are asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms.
A total of 188,584 patients have recovered, the ministry said.
The northern, densely populated and highly industrialised Lombardy region still had the lion’s share of cases, with 10,992 active cases, 16,626 deaths, and over 66,000 recoveries.
The region with the least cases was Valle d’Aosta, which is located in the Alps mountains and borders France and Switzerland, with four active infections and 146 deaths.
Lombardy had just over 10 million inhabitants and Valle d’Aosta had almost 126,000 residents as of Jan 1, according to the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT).
The overall number of COVID-19 infections, fatalities, and recoveries rose to 240,136 cases over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.– NNN-XINHUA
