A report released by the Italian Ministry of Health points out that 58,986 tests for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were carried out in this last period and the positivity rate was 1,5%, lower than the 2,5 percent in the previous week, when the analyses totaled 53,232.
The highest number of patients was recorded in the northern region of Lombardy, with 272, and the highest number of deaths occurred there, totaling 26. In Molise and Valle d’Aosta regions, no cases were detected and in 14 of the 20 regions of the country there were no deaths, the source adds.
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