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  • Coronavirus: 16,079 new infections and 136 deaths with 170,392 swabs

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23 October 2020

Updated numbers in Italy and in the world



Today there are 19,143 new infections in Italy and 91 deaths with 182,032 swabs. 



Yesterday there were 16,079 new infections, 136 deaths with 170,392 swabs.



Patients with symptoms in Italy are a total of 10,549, equal to 855 more cases than yesterday.



In intensive care, 1,049 patients (+57) are hospitalized.



There are 174,404 people in home isolation, 15,788 more than yesterday.



The total of the currently positive is 186,002 people, up 16,700 compared to yesterday.



Between discharged and recovered, there are 261,808 people, an increase of 2,352 units.



There are 91 deaths in the last 24 hours for a national total of 37,059 Covid victims.



The total cases are 484,869 (+19,143).



The swabs in the last 24 hours were 182,032 for a total of 14,314,453.



In Lombardy 5,000 positives, 170 in intensive care


"Today's data unfortunately say that the epidemiological line is rising: Today there are 5,000 positives and 350 hospitalizations between intensive and non-intensive care."

This was declared by the president of the Lombardy Region Attilio Fontana, this afternoon during a press point.

The governor specifies that today there are "170 in total" hospitalized in Lombard intensive care.



In Campania 2,280 positive, 12 deceased and 194 cured


There are 2,280 new cases of positivity in Campania, of which 100 symptomatic and 2,180 asymptomatic, while 15,801 are the swabs processed today.

The figure is from the Crisis Unit of the Region, and brings the total positive to 34,305 out of a total buffer equal to 830,767.

The deceased are 12 between 20 and 22 October and bring the total to 563. The healed are 194 and the total since the beginning of the pandemic 9,107.

Out of 227 intensive care beds, 98 are occupied, while of the 1,114 hospital beds, 1,090 are occupied.

In Lazio 1,389 new infections and 11 deaths


Out of over 22,000 tampons today in Lazio there are 1,389 positive cases, 11 deaths and 88 cured (10 thousand cured threshold exceeded).

The ratio of swabs to positives is 6%.

These are the data communicated by the Lazio Region Health Councilor, Alessio D'Amato, who underlined: "In these hours there is an enormous effort by the whole system to quickly activate all the beds provided for by the new ordinance. This is the priorities for the next few days ".



New contagion record in Sardinia, 349


With over one hundred more cases than yesterday, the highest recorded in 2020, in Sardinia there is a new record of infections from Covid-19, 349 in the last 24 hours, while the number remains unchanged of the victims (181).

Of the 349 new cases, 241 were detected through screening and 108 from suspected diagnosis.

The number of positive cases ascertained on the island since the beginning of the emergency thus rose to 7,235.