(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 17 - Covid cases in Italy are still on the rise: 10,925 new infections in the last 24 hours according to the bulletin of the Ministry of Health. Compared to yesterday, when the ten thousand mark (10,010) was exceeded, there are 915 more. There were 47 deaths, down from 55 yesterday.
In the last 24 hours, 165,837 swabs were carried out, a new record since the beginning of the pandemic. The incidence with the number of positives (today 10,925 more) is 6.6%. Intensive care is increasing (+67), which now total 705. There are 6,617 hospitalizations (+439), while patients in home isolation are 109,613 (+9,117). The current deposits are 116,935 (+9,623). Deaths reached the figure of 36,474 (+47). The healed are 249,127 (+1,255). (HANDLE).