Covid: 10,638 positive, 69 victims in 24 hours

(ANSA) - ROME, NOVEMBER 18 - There are 10,638 Covid test positives identified in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Health Minister, yesterday they were 10,172. On the other hand, there are 69 victims in one day. Yesterday there were 72. There are 625,774 molecular and antigenic buffers for the coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy. Yesterday there were 537,765. The positive rate is 1.7%, slightly down from the 1.9% recorded yesterday. On the other hand, there are 503 (yesterday 486) intensive care patients in Italy, 17 more than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits. Daily admissions are 55. There are 4,088 hospitalized patients with symptoms in the ordinary wards (yesterday 4,060), or 28 more than yesterday. There are 132,513 currently positive for Covid in Italy, 5,428 more in the last 24 hours. Since the start of the pandemic, the total cases are 4,893,887,the dead 133,034. The discharged and healed are instead 4,628,340, with an increase of 5,148 compared to yesterday. (HANDLE).