(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 08 - There are 5,735 Covid test positives identified in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Health Minister. Yesterday there were 6,902. Instead, there are 11 victims in one day (yesterday there were 22).
The molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy are 203,511. Yesterday there were 293,863. The positivity rate is 2.8%, up from 2.3% yesterday. There are 299 patients hospitalized in intensive care for Covid in Italy, 11 more than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits. The daily admissions, according to data from the Ministry of Health, are 24. The hospitalized with symptoms in the ordinary wards are 2631, 98 more than yesterday.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 4,396,417 cases and 128,220 deaths. On the other hand, the discharged and healed are 4,155,931, with an increase of 1,991 compared to yesterday, while the currently positive ones rise to 112,266 with an increase of 3,731 in the last 24 hours. (HANDLE).