(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 04 - There are 42,976 new infections from Covid registered in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday the infected had been 45,721.
The victims are 161, down from 171 yesterday.
The rate is 17.7%, slightly down from yesterday when it was 17.8% yesterday.
A total of 242,010 swabs were performed, including antigenic and molecular.
On the other hand, there are 362 patients hospitalized in intensive care, 34 fewer than yesterday, while the daily admissions are 31. The hospitalized in the ordinary wards are instead 9734, 272 fewer than yesterday.
Coronavirus positive Italians are currently 1,175,294, or 26,149 fewer than yesterday.
In total, 21,213,559 people have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic, while the dead have risen to 172,729.
The discharged and healed are 19,865,536 with an increase of 68,947.
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