Covid: 718 victims in 24 hours, never so many in 2021

(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 09 - There are 18,938 coronavirus test positives in Italy in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.

Yesterday there were 17,221.

On the other hand, 718 victims in one day (yesterday 487), a number never so high in 2021, which is weighed down by a recalculation of the deaths in Sicily of the previous months.

    362,973 molecular and antigenic swabs were carried out, yesterday the tests were 362,162.

The positive rate of 5.2 %% (yesterday it was at 4.7%, so it went up by 0.5).

    There are 3,603 patients admitted to intensive care, 60 less than yesterday in the daily balance between entries and exits, while the daily entrances to intensive care were 192 (yesterday 259).

In the ordinary wards, on the other hand, 28,146 people are hospitalized, 705 fewer than yesterday.

    In total, 3,736,526 cases since the beginning of the epidemic, 113,579 deaths.

The currently positive are 536,361 (-7,969 compared to yesterday), the healed and discharged 3,086,586 (+26,175), in house isolation there are 504,612 people (-7,204).

(HANDLE).