(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 18 - The death toll in Italy infected by Covid has exceeded 170 thousand.
The data emerges from the bulletin of the Ministry of Health, which highlights 31,205 new infections and 112 victims in the last 24 hours.
The total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic thus rises to 170,037.
The rate is at 23%, substantially stable (yesterday 22.8%) and 135,642 swabs were performed in all, including antigenic and molecular.
On the other hand, 417 patients are hospitalized in intensive care, 14 more than yesterday.
Daily admissions are 41. There are 10,848 admissions to ordinary wards, compared to yesterday 272 more.
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