Today there are

36,632 new cases

of Covid in the last 24 hours against 44,878 yesterday and 21,190 last Wednesday.

The

swabs processed are 198,918

, yesterday they were 243,421, with a positivity rate that remains stable at

18.4%

.

There

are 48 deaths today

, 16 fewer than yesterday compared to 64, which brings the total of people who lost their lives to Covid since the beginning of the pandemic to 177,024.

Intensive care units increased by 11 units (yesterday -2) and

are now 139

;

ordinary

hospitalizations

are 62 more (yesterday +192), for a

total of 3,715

.

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

From 1 October there will no longer be the obligation to wear masks on buses, subways and trains, and in hospitals, medical clinics and Rsa.

The updated situation in Italy and in the world