The inhabitants of Italy who at this stage are positive for the coronavirus amount to 929,000, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the country. In recent days, their number shows a continuous upward trend. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 18,610,011 people have been infected with the virus in the country, and 168,425 have died.
“We advise citizens to always use the mask, in crowded places. In the fall, we believe we will have an updated vaccine, which will be effective against all variants of the coronavirus,” said Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza.
Meanwhile, in many areas of Italy (from Tuscany to Rome and the wider area of Bologna) due to the increase in cases, hospital wards began to reopen, for the exclusive admission of patients with COVID-19. Today in Italy the cases of coronavirus are 86,334, with 72 deaths. 27.3% of the diagnostic tests carried out in the last twenty-four hours came back positive.
