Italy reports 62,037 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, 155 deaths

div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpMILAN Reuters – Italy reported 62,037 COVID19 related cases on Wednesday, against 83,643 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths fell to 155 from 169.p

pItaly has registered 161,187 deaths linked to COVID19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the secondhighest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth highest in the world. The country has reported 15.5 million cases to date.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

pPatients in hospital with COVID19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 10,166 on Wednesday, down from 10,207 a day earlier.p

pThere were 42 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 53 on Tuesday. The total number of intensive care patients fell to 449 from a previous 463.p

pSome 419,995 tests for COVID19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 563,018, the health ministry said.p