(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 19 - There are 74,024 new infections from Covid in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 76,250.
The victims are instead 85 (yesterday they were 165).
There are 478,051 molecular and antigenic swabs for coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 490,883.
The positive rate is 15.48%, stable compared to 15.5% yesterday.
There are 471 patients admitted to intensive care, three less than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits.
The daily admissions are 56. The hospitalized in the ordinary wards are 8,319, or 84 fewer than yesterday.
There are 1,147,519 people currently positive for Covid, with an increase of 27,298 in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
A total of 13,800,179 Italians have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic, while the dead have risen to 157,692.
The discharged and healed are 12,494,968, with an increase of 48,385 compared to yesterday.
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