(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 04 - 170,844 new infections from Covid in the last 24 hours (yesterday there were 68,052): it is the highest number reached since the beginning of the pandemic.
The victims are instead 259, a sharp increase compared to yesterday, when they were 140: it is necessary to go back to last April 30 to find a higher level (263).
There are 1,228,410 molecular and antigenic swabs according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday 445,321 was.
The positivity rate is 13.9%, slightly lower than yesterday's 15.2%.
There are 1,392 patients in intensive care in Italy, 41 more in 24 hours in the balance between income and expenses.
Daily admissions are 153. The hospitalized with symptoms in the ordinary wards are 12,912, or 579 more than yesterday.
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