There are 18,678 new infections from Covid recorded in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 22,104.
The victims are instead 26, compared to yesterday 34 fewer.
A total of 127,704 swabs were performed, including antigenic and molecular, with the
positivity rate of 14.63%
, up from 11.81% yesterday.
183 patients are admitted to
intensive care
, 10 fewer than yesterday.
Daily admissions are 8. There are 4,118 hospitalized in ordinary wards, or 42 more than yesterday.
The current positives rise to 622,214
, 1,248 up in the last 24 hours.
A total of 17,653,375 Italians have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic, while the deaths rise to 167,391.
The discharged and recovered amounted to 16,863,770, an increase of 18,036 compared to yesterday.