(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 19 - There are 50,534 new infections from Covid in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 53,662.
The victims are instead 252 (yesterday they were 314).
There are 492,045 molecular and antigenic swabs for coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 510,283.
The positivity rate is 10.2%, down slightly from 10.5% yesterday.
On the other hand, 953 patients are admitted to intensive care, 34 less than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits.
The daily admissions are 76. The hospitalized with symptoms in the ordinary departments are 13,387, or 561 fewer than yesterday.
12,427,773 Italians have been infected by Covid since the beginning of the pandemic, again according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Current positives are 1,369,778, down 34,344 in the past 24 hours, while total deaths rise to 152,848.
The discharged and healed are 10,905,147, with an increase of 84,767 compared to yesterday.
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