The epidemic curve in Italy is confirmed as growing.

There are 44,672 new cases of Covid

in the last 24 hours,

against the 44,853 of yesterday

and above

all the 34,479 of last Friday.

The processed swabs are 205,555

(yesterday 222,926) with a

positivity rate that goes from 20.1% to 21.7%

There are 62 deaths today

(56 yesterday), for a total of 177,418 victims since the beginning of the pandemic.    

Intensive care units increased by 18 units

(yesterday +9) and are now 198 with 29 admissions on the day;

ordinary hospitalizations are 191 more

(yesterday +115), for a total of 5,379. 

The discharged / healed in the last 24 hours are 27,172 (yesterday 46,009) for a total that rises to 22,034,204.

The currently positive ones are 17,431 more (yesterday -1,216) and rise to 525,955

, of which 520,378 in home isolation.

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

The region with the highest number of cases is still Lombardy with 8,699 infections followed by Veneto (+6,650), Piedmont (+5,010), Emilia Romagna (+4,095) and Lazio (+3,430).

The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic rises to 22,737,577.

The updated situation in Italy and in the world