There were 53 deaths related to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours in Italy, but only 197 new positive cases, as the pandemic numbers continue to plummet.
Italy is already well into Phase Two of the pandemic response and the virus has lost all momentum.
Since yesterday, there were another 53 deaths, taking the total to 33,899, but that is the lowest daily figure since March 7.
However, only 197 new cases were registered out of 49,478 swabs, a growth of just 0.08 per cent.
There were 53 deaths related to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours in Italy, but only 197 new positive cases, as the pandemic numbers continue to plummet.
Italy is already well into Phase Two of the pandemic response and the virus has lost all momentum.
Since yesterday, there were another 53 deaths, taking the total to 33,899, but that is the lowest daily figure since March 7.
However, only 197 new cases were registered out of 49,478 swabs, a growth of just 0.08 per cent.
Lombardy is the epicentre, as this region alone was responsible for 125 new positive tests out of 8,005 swabs and 21 of the 53 deaths.
Other than Lombardy no other region had at least 15 new cases since yesterday, with Puglia, Friuli, Sardinia, Calabria, Molise, Basilicata and Veneto registering zero.
There are now 35,262 currently active cases in the country, a drop of 615 compared to yesterday.
This is because 759 were given the all-clear, leaving 30,111 people in self-isolation at home, 4,864 in hospital and just 287 in intensive care (-6).
“We are out of the acute phase of the pandemic. Now we are in the era of living with Coronavirus,” said vice-minister for health Pierpaolo Sileri on Sky Italia.