(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 17 - The positive alcoronaviruses still drop in the 24 hours, in the face of a collapse of the tests on Sunday, but the victims are rising, according to the data of the Ministry of Health. There are 3,455 cases registered, while yesterday there were 5,753. 140 are the dead, 93 had been yesterday.
Just 118,924 molecular and antigenic swabs have been performed; yesterday the tests were 202,573. The positive rate is 2.9%, stable compared to 2.8% yesterday.
There are 1,754 patients admitted to intensive care, 25 compared to yesterday in the daily balance between income and expenses, while the daily admissions were 69 (yesterday 60).
On the other hand, 12,024 people are hospitalized in the ordinary wards, 110 less than yesterday.
In total, the cases since the beginning of the epidemic are 4,162,576, 124,296 amounts.
The discharged and healed reached 3,715,389, with an increase of 9,305 units in the last 24 hours. Currently positive are 322,891, down by 5,991 compared to yesterday. There are 309,113 people in home isolation, 5,856 fewer than yesterday. (HANDLE).