(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 20 - There are 12,074 coronavirus test positives in Italy in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Yesterday there were 8,864, but with almost 150 thousand fewer tests. Instead, 390 victims in one day (yesterday 316).
In fact, 294,045 molecular and antigenic swabs have been performed; yesterday the tests were 146,728. The positive rate is 4.1%, down from 6% yesterday (-1.9%).
There are 3,151 patients hospitalized in intensive care, 93 units compared to yesterday in the daily balance between entries and exits, while the daily entries, according to data from the Ministry of Health, were 182 (yesterday 141). On the other hand, 23,255 people are hospitalized in ordinary departments, 487 more than yesterday.
In total, the cases since the beginning of the epidemic are 3,891,063, 117,633. The currently positive are 482,715 (-10,774 compared to yesterday), the recovered and discharged 3,290,715 (+22,453). There are 456,309 people in home isolation (-37,180).
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