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June 21, 2021

The updated situation in Italy and in the world



The epidemic curve in Italy is always decreasing. The new cases in the 24 hours are 495, the lowest figure since August 18, 2020, against 881 yesterday.



With 81,752 swabs, 69 thousand fewer, but with an unchanged positivity rate of 0.61% (yesterday it was 0.59%). The deaths are 21 (yesterday 17), for a total of 127,291 victims since the beginning of the epidemic.



Hospitalizations are still down: intensive care is 4 less (yesterday -5) with just 9 admissions of the day, and down to 385, while ordinary hospitalizations are 54 less (yesterday -60), 2,390 in all.



This is what emerges from the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health. 



11,320 people recovered since yesterday, 4,049,316 since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of patients in resuscitation is 385.



The regions with the highest number of new positives are: Sicily with 85 cases, Lombardy with 83 and Emilia


Romagna with 81.