(ANSA) - ROME, 08 FEB - In the last 24 hours, 7,970 positive tests for coronavirus have been registered in Italy, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 11,641.
The victims are 307, compared to 270 yesterday (+37).
The positives are affected by the sharp drop in tests, as usual during the weekend and especially on Sunday.
In fact, 144,270 molecular and antigenic swabs were carried out in the last 24 hours, while yesterday there were 206,789, over 62,000 more.
Despite this, the positivity rate today is 5.5%, stable compared to yesterday, when it was 5.6%.
The number of people admitted to intensive care is on the rise, now 2,143, or 36 more than yesterday, in the balance between entries and exits.
Daily admissions were 139. Hospitalized with symptoms increase in turn to 19,527, or 261 more than yesterday.
The official victims of Covid-19 in Italy rise to 91,580, while the total cases are now 2,644,707.
Actual deposits fell to 419,604, therefore 7,420 less than yesterday.
Iguariti and discharged are 2,133,523 (+15,082 compared to yesterday), while in home isolation there are 397,934 people, incalo of 7,717 units.
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