ROME (Reuters) – Italy reported 75 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, up from 53 the previous day, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 5,498 from 4,257, the health ministry said.
A total of 129,221 deaths linked to COVID-19 have been registered in Italy since its outbreak emerged in February last year. That is the second-highest tally in Europe behind Britain and the eighth-highest globally. Italy has reported 4.54 million cases to date.
Patients in hospital with COVID-19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 4,252 on Tuesday, down from 4,264 a day earlier.
There were 49 new admissions to intensive care units, decreasing from 50 on Monday. The total number of intensive care patients fell to 544 from a previous 548.
Some 307,643 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 109,803, the health ministry said.
(Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni, editing by Francesca Piscioneri)
