(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 26 - 29,575 new infections from Covid have been registered in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Health Minister.
Yesterday there were 24,878.
On the other hand, the victims are 146, an increase compared to the 93 recorded the day before.
Molecular and antigenic swabs for coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours amounted to 182,675, compared to 138,803 yesterday.
The positivity rate is 16.2%, down from 17.9% in the previous 24 hours.
There are 409 patients hospitalized in intensive care, 7 fewer than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits.
Daily admissions are 23. The admissions to ordinary wards reach 10,328, or 278 more than yesterday.
Also according to the ministry's data, the people currently positive at Covid drop to 1,234,976, 7,624 fewer in the last 24 hours.
A total of 16,191,323 Italians have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic, while the dead have risen to 162,927.
There are 14,793,420 remitted and healed, with an increase of 37,462 compared to yesterday.
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