The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care fell on Tuesday for the fourth day in a row in Italy, which however passed the bar of 17,000 dead with 604 new deaths in 24 hours. According to the daily report of the Civil Protection, the peninsula recorded 17,127 deaths for 135,586 cases (+3039 in 24 hours) since the beginning of the pandemic.
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The number of intensive care patients now stands at 3,792 (-106 in 24 hours) and the increase in contagions fell to only + 2.3%, which did not prevent the Italian authorities from launching new calls to be careful and respect the rules of containment, which are in force at least until April 13. " Beware of optical illusions, dangerous mirages, we are far from the end of the crisis, of a hypothetical H hour which will bring us back to the previous situation ", warned Tuesday the extraordinary commissioner of the Italian government for the coronavirus, Domenico Arcuri, at a press conference.
No " insane optimism ", even if " the balance sheet (...) contains data showing a first partial reversal of the trend. After hard weeks of sacrifice, it is certainly a breath of fresh air, ”he continued. Concerning the wearing of protective masks, " I believe that for a long time many of us, if not all, will have to get used to using this protective instrument ". " We will have to get used to considering masks as a useful, even necessary, device, " he insisted.
