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People walk on a street one year after the peak of the coronavirus disease epidemic in Italy (COVID-19), in Bergamo, the country’s epicenter, in Italy on March 3, 2021. REUTERS / Flavio Lo Scalzo / File Photo
MILAN, July 25 (Reuters) – Italy reported seven coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday compared to five the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily number of new infections fell to 4,743 from 5,140 on Saturday.
Italy has recorded 127,949 COVID-19-related deaths since its outbreak began in February last year, the second-highest death toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth in the world.
The country has reported more than 4.3 million cases to date.
Hospital patients with COVID-19 – not counting those in intensive care – stood at 1,392 on Sunday, up from 1,340 a day earlier.
There were 16 new admissions to intensive care units, up from 21 on Saturday. The total number of intensive care patients has increased to 178 from 172 previously.
Some 176,653 COVID-19 tests were performed in the past day, up from 258,929 previously, the health ministry said.
Reporting by Stephen Jewkes; Editing by Alison Williams and Raissa Kasolowsky
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