23,477 cases and 555 deaths – Corriere.it

In Italy, at least since the start of the coronavirus epidemic 2,107,166 people (including recovered and dead) have contracted the Sars-CoV-2 virus: new cases are 23,477 compared to the previous day, + 1.13% (yesterday they were +16,202), the highest figure since December 4, while today’s deaths are 555, + 0.75% (yesterday they were +575), for a total of 74,159 victims since February. The people recovered or discharged are 1,463,111, in total: 17,421 (+ 1.21%) those released today from the Covid nightmare (yesterday they were +19,960). Therefore, fewer new cases: therefore the number of positive returns is currently growing, +5.501 (yesterday -4.333), and now they are 569.896 (+ 0.97%, yesterday they were 564.395).

Alarm also for intensive care, which rises again (+27, yesterday -21), with 202 new daily entries: there are already 2,555 in total. On the other hand, there was a good decrease in ordinary hospitalizations, 415 less (yesterday -96), 23,151 in total.

The swabs were 186,004, or 16,959 more than yesterday when they were 169,045. Although the positivity rate is 12.6% (approximation of 12.62%): it means that of every 100 swabs performed, more than 12 were positive; yesterday it was 9.6%. Here is the map of contagion in Italy.

Practically all the Regions are growing, starting with Veneto, which today shoots up to +4,800 infections, followed by Lombardy (+3,859), Emilia Romagna (+2,116), Lazio (+1,767) and Puglia (+1,661).

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The cases Region by Region

The data provided below, and broken down by Region, are the total number of cases (number of people found positive since the beginning of the epidemic: includes deaths and cured). The variation indicates the number of new cases registered in the last 24 hours, while the percentage represents the increase compared to the previous day, calculated on the regional total.

Lombardy 478,903: + 3,859, + 0.81% (yesterday +1,673 cases) with 32,858 swabs
Veneto 253,875: + 4,800, + 1.93% (yesterday +2,986 cases) with 24,177 swabs
Piedmont 197,828: + 1,367, + 0.7% (yesterday +1,046 cases) with 8,633 swabs
Campania 189,673: +1,554, + 0.83% (yesterday +930 cases) with 19,003 swabs
Emilia romagna 171,512: + 2,116, + 1,25% (yesterday +1,427 cases) with 15,735 swabs
Lazio 163,051: +1,767, + 1.1% (yesterday +1,333 cases) with 16,301 swabs
Tuscany 120,328: +632, + 0.53% (yesterday +460 csi) with 11,353 buffers
Sicily 93,644: +1,299, + 1.41% (yesterday + 1,084) with 7,308 swabs
Apulia 90,964: +1,661, + 1.86% (+1,470 cases) with 10,836 swabs
Liguria 60,469: +472, + 0.78% (yesterday +415) with 4,153 buffers
Friuli Venezia Giulia 50,027: ​​+877, + 1.78% (yesterday + 803 cases) with 8,263 swabs
Market 41,624: +703, + 17.72% (yesterday + 585 cases) with 5,582 swabs
Abruzzo 35,314: +456, + 1.31% (yesterday +278 cases) with 4,311 swabs
Sardinia 31,113: +368, + 1.2% (yesterday +328 cases) with 3,584 swabs
PA Bolzano 29,494: +260, + 0.89% (yesterday +220 cases) with 1,764 swabs
Umbria 28,960: +300, + 1.05% (yesterday +347 cases) with 3,638 swabs
Calabria 23,920: +402, + 1.71% (yesterday +449 cases) with 3,146 swabs
PA Trento 21,840: +320, + 1.49% (yesterday +197 cases) with 2,834 swabs
Basilicata 10,826: +147, +, 38% (yesterday + 113 cases) with 1,354 swabs
Aosta Valley 7,273: +29, + 0.4% (yesterday +14 cases) with 207 swabs
Molise 6,528: +88, + 1.37% (yesterday +14 cases) with 964 swabs