Covid, 9338 new cases and another 73 deaths

Published on: 10/19/2020 5:05 PM

New cases of coronavirus in Italy have dropped. There are 9,338 in the last 24 hours, but fewer swabs were made than the previous day: 98,862. There are 73 deaths, bringing the total number of victims to 36,616 since the start of the emergency. The number of people admitted to intensive care continues to increase and at the moment there are 797 (+47 since yesterday). The total cured is 252,959 (+1,498), the current positive 134,003 (+7,766). These are the data processed by the Ministry of Health that can be consulted on the Civil Protection website.

Regarding individual regions, 1,687 new cases are recorded in Lombardy, 1,593 in Campania, 986 in Tuscany and 939 in Lazio. The least infected is Basilicata (+22).

In Lombardy 1,687 new infections

In Campania 1,593 new cases: never so many

In Lazio today 939 cases and 9 deaths

Another 159 cases in Sardinia