Italy reported 133,142 COVID-19 related cases on Tuesday, against 57,715 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths rose to 427 from 349.
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Italy has registered 146,925 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the ninth highest in the world. The country has reported 11.1 million cases to date.
Patients in hospital with COVID-19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 19,873 on Tuesday, down from 19,913 a day earlier.
There were 107 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 112 on Monday. The total number of intensive care patients decreased to 1,549 from a previous 1,584.
Some 1.25 million tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 478,314, the health ministry said.
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