(ANSA) - ROME, 02 MAY - 18,896 new infections from Covid have been registered in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Health Minister.
Yesterday there were 40,757.
On the other hand, the victims are 124, 19 more than yesterday (Campania has however communicated that ten deaths recorded today date back to a period between 25 and 29 April).
The molecular and antigenic swabs carried out were 122,444.
Yesterday there were 287,601.
The positivity rate is 15.4%, up from 14.1% yesterday.
368 patients are hospitalized in intensive care, two more than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits.
Daily admissions are 32. There are 9,794 hospitalized in ordinary wards, or 56 more than yesterday.
There are 1,205,102 people currently positive at Covid, 26,568 fewer in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
A total of 16,523,859 Italians have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic, while the dead have risen to 163,736.
The discharged and healed are 15,155,021, with an increase of 45,512 compared to yesterday.
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