According to official figures from the Italian authorities, since the beginning of the pandemic coronavirus, in Italy, more than 130,000 people have lost their lives.
The exact number of deaths, as announced by the Ministry of Health, is 130,027. In the last 24 hours, the victims of the coronavirus have doubled. Today the death toll is 72, while yesterday it was 36.
In total, 122,340 people are positive for the virus across the country, while today, in a total of 318,593 diagnostic tests performed in the last twenty-four hours, 1.3% tested positive. Yesterday, the corresponding percentage was 2.3%.
In the intensive care units of the country, the number of patients with coronavirus is currently 554 and the number of patients with symptoms of the virus who are in hospital wards is 4,165.
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