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Italy announced on Saturday the highest number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in 24 hours since April 21, with 474 deaths, compared to 269 a day ago, according to the official assessment of the coronavirus pandemic transmitted by the Protection Agency. Civil, reports AFP and Reuters.
The increase occurs two days before the process of easing the isolation measures in the country begins.
The increase comes after a prolonged and gradual decrease in deaths and is mainly influenced by Lombardy, the worst affected region in the country, where 329 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, compared to 88 just a day ago. .
The balance of one day of new infections was stable for the third consecutive day, standing at 1,900, compared to 1,965 on Friday.
The death toll from the identification of the epidemic on February 21 reached 28,710, also specified by the Civil Protection Agency. It is the second highest number of deaths after the US. USA And the highest in Europe.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection reached 209,328, the third highest balance in the world, after the US. USA And Spain.
People registered with the disease fell to 100,704 from 100,943 on Friday.
On Saturday, there were 1,539 people in intensive care, a slight decrease compared to Friday, with 1,578, thus keeping the decline long-term.
Of those infected since the pandemic, 79,914 were declared cured, compared to 78,249 the previous day.
According to the Civil Protection Agency, 1.43 billion people underwent tests for coronaviruses, up from 1.39 billion a day ago, to a population of approximately 60 million people.
