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In the last 24 hours in Italy, 8,913 new positive cases of coronavirus and 305 deaths have been detected from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
There are currently 26,151 hospitalized (265 more than yesterday), of which 2,580 in intensive care units (2 less than yesterday) and 23,571 in the other wards (267 more than yesterday). A total of 60,158 swabs were tested. 14.8 percent of the swabs reported were positive. Yesterday the registered infections were 10,431 and the deaths 261.
The regions that have registered the most cases in the last 24 hours are Veneto (3,337), Emilia Romagna (1,283), Lazio (977), Sicily (682) and Piedmont (470).
Today’s main novelties
- Vaccinations against the coronavirus began this morning throughout the European Union, and also in Italy. The first Italians to be vaccinated were two infectious diseases, a socio-sanitary, a teacher and a nurse from the Spallanzani Institute in Rome. The vaccines were also transported to the other main Italian hospitals: to the Amedeo di Savoia in Turin, to the Niguarda in Milan, to the Bellaria in Bologna and also to the Civic Hospital of Codogno, where the first patient who tested positive for coronavirus was hospitalized. last February.
- The Interior Ministry released data on the controls carried out on December 26: a total of 64,119 people were arrested, of which 969 were sanctioned and 8 reported. On the other hand, controlled commercial activities were 11,594. Among these, 97 businesses were closed for irregularities and 30 owners were sanctioned.
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