Coronavirus: infections are still falling, but few swabs. 12 dead

(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 07 - There are 12 deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, an increase compared to yesterday.

Contagious are still falling: they are 1,108 (yesterday 1,297), according to data from the Ministry of Health.

Swabs, however, are in sharp decline: 52,553 were not carried out, almost 25,000 less than the previous day.

In total, the cases are now 278,784, the victims 35,553.

The currently positive increase by 915 to 32,993, the discharged and healed by 223 and are now 210,238.

   Another 9 coronavirus patients ended up in intensive care in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 142. 1,719 (+36) are now hospitalized with symptoms, while 31,132 (+870) people are in home isolation.

The only region without new positives is Valle d'Aosta, like the autonomous province of Bolzano, while the greatest increase in cases is recorded in Campania with 218. In second place Lazio with 159, then Emilia Romagna 132 and Lombardy with 109.

    EMBED START Image {id: "editor_0"} The Lazio councilor for health Alessio D'Amato on the occasion of the inauguration of the largest drive-in in Italy (about 7000 square meters; 6 health check-points for sampling and up to 130 the number of cars that it is able to accommodate, ed.) made in record time (72 hours) by Aeroporti di Roma to perform the rapid antigenic swabs Covid-19, 2 September 2020. ANSA / TELENEWS EMBED END Image {id : "editor_0"} (ANSA).