649 deaths in 24 hours, 15,378 newly infected in Italy

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After Italy on Sunday surpassed the threshold of 75,000 deaths since the start of the coronavirus epidemic in February 2020, the number of deaths in the country has risen sharply again. Authorities on Tuesday reported 649 more people have died in connection with a Corona infection in the past 24 hours. The previous day, there had been 348. This brought the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic in Italy to 76,329.

The number of new infections registered within 24 hours
climbed on Tuesday from 10,800 to 15,378. 135,106 tests were carried out.
were performed. 11.4 percent of them were positive. The number of Covid-19 patients treated in hospitals rose from 23,317 to 23,395 people in 24 hours, the health ministry in Rome reported. The number of patients in intensive care units fell to 2,569, ten fewer than the previous day. Since the start of the vaccination campaign on December 27, 182,442 people have been vaccinated in Italy.