As many as 201,509 tests were conducted and the positivity rate was 15.7%, but current hospitalization cases in normal wards dropped to 8,592.

Admissions in ICUs also fell 331 to 321, and a total of 969,830 cases remain active, 960,917 of them are isolated at home.

Italian region reporting highest case toll was Veneto (3,929), followed by Lombardy (3,740), Emilia Romagna (3,488), Campania (2,545) and Lazio (2,415).

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