There were another 242 coronavirus deaths in Italy on Friday, but active cases have dropped by a record 4,370.
The drop is the biggest Italy has recorded since it began issuing daily COVID-19 bulletins on February 22.
Elsewhere, almost 5,000 have recovered from the virus and the numbers of those in hospital and self-isolation continue to fall.
As of Friday, there have been 223,885 positive tests of COVID-19 (+789), with 72,070 of them currently active (-4,370).
A total of 120,205 people have recovered (+4,917) and 31,610 have died.
There were another 242 coronavirus deaths in Italy on Friday, but active cases have dropped by a record 4,370.
The drop is the biggest Italy has recorded since it began issuing daily COVID-19 bulletins on February 22.
Elsewhere, almost 5,000 have recovered from the virus and the numbers of those in hospital and self-isolation continue to fall.
As of Friday, there have been 223,885 positive tests of COVID-19 (+789), with 72,070 of them currently active (-4,370).
A total of 120,205 people have recovered (+4,917) and 31,610 have died.
Out of the 72,070 active cases, 60,470 are in self-isolation (+3,662), 10,792 are in hospital with symptoms (-661) and 808 are in intensive care (-47).
There have now been 2,875,680 tests, an increase of 68,176 since yesterday.