(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 15 - 61,555 new infections from Covid in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 64,951.
On the other hand, the victims are 133, warmer than yesterday's 149.
There are 397,482 molecular and antigenic swabs for coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours, compared to 438,375 the previous day.
The positivity rate is 15.5%, up from 14.8% yesterday.
There are 419 patients hospitalized in intensive care, 1 less than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits.
Daily admissions amounted to 49. Those hospitalized in ordinary wards return to drop below 10 thousand: they are 9,980, or 95 less than yesterday.
Also according to the ministry's data, there are 1,218,924 people currently positive at Covid, 8,738 fewer in the last 24 hours.
In total, the number of Italians infected since the beginning of the pandemic rose to 15,595,302, while the dead reached 161,469.
The discharged and recovered amounted to 14,214,909, with an increase of 70,895 compared to yesterday.
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