There were another 727 deaths in Italy from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours, taking the total to 13,155, but the rate of new infections continues to slow.
The number of positive cases in the country – including those who recovered or died – is now at 110,574, an increase of 4.5 per cent.
Experts said yesterday that Italy had reached a plateau and would begin a downward curve, but these are still early days and the rates have simply slowed down rather than been reversed.
There were another 727 deaths in Italy from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours, taking the total to 13,155, but the rate of new infections continues to slow.
The number of positive cases in the country – including those who recovered or died – is now at 110,574, an increase of 4.5 per cent.
Experts said yesterday that Italy had reached a plateau and would begin a downward curve, but these are still early days and the rates have simply slowed down rather than been reversed.
Another 727 deaths were registered since March 31 (394 of them in Lombardy), taking the total to 13,155. There were 837 deaths on March 31.
There were 2,937 new positive tests, but 1,118 were given the all-clear since yesterday, for a total 16,847 people who have recovered from COVID-19.
The number of people in intensive care remained stable at 4,035, an increase of only 12 in 24 hours.
There are currently 80,572 people suffering from coronavirus in Italy, with 48,134 of them in self-isolation, 28,403 in hospital, of which 4,035 in intensive care.
The extent of the pandemic was made clear by Istat Government figures, which show the number of deaths in northern Italy compared to the averages for 2015-19 have doubled.
In the city of Bergamo, there have been 400 per cent more deaths registered than at this time in previous years.