According to information published on Twitter, 24,036 new cases of coronavirus were registered in Italy per day.
đź”´ # Covid19 - La situazione in Italia al 5 marzo: https://t.co/8ciMmO9yfxpic.twitter.com/n29Q09KzOH
- Ministero della Salute (@MinisteroSalute) March 5, 2021
The total number of COVID-19 cases was 3,023,129.
In 24 hours, 297 patients with coronavirus died, for all the time - 99,271. Another 2,467,388 people were cured.
Earlier in the Italian city of Brescia, a new, Nigerian strain of coronavirus was discovered that may be resistant to existing vaccines.
Since March 1, in a number of regions of Italy, restrictions in force due to COVID-19 have been tightened.