(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 18 - The third wave of coronavirus in Italy does not slow down.
There are 24,935 positive tests in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 23,059.
On the other hand, there are still 423 victims in one day (yesterday there were 431).
There are 353,737 molecular and antigenic swabs carried out; yesterday the tests were over 15,000 more, 369,084.
The positivity rate is 7%, up 0.8 points compared to yesterday when it was 6.2%.
There are 3,333 patients admitted to intensive care for Covid, 16 more than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits, while the daily entrances to resuscitation are 249, (yesterday they were 324,).
In the ordinary wards, on the other hand, 26,694 people are hospitalized, with an increase of 177 units in the last 24 hours.
The total cases since the beginning of the epidemic are 3,306,711, the deaths 103,855.
There are currently 547,510 positive figures in Italy, with an increase of 8,502 compared to yesterday.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,655,346 have been healed and discharged, with an increase of 15,976 in the last 24 hours.
There are 517,483 people in home isolation, 8,309 more than yesterday.
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