Recoveries from COVID-19 surpass 100,000 in Italy

The number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Italy has exceeded 100,000, according to the latest tally posted by the country's Civil Protection Department on Saturday (May 9).

Recoveries jumped by 4,008 from 99,023 recoveries on Friday, bringing the nationwide total to 103,031.

Meanwhile, the number of active infections fell by 3,119 from Friday's 87,961 cases to 84,842.

Of those tested positive for the coronavirus, 13,834 are hospitalized with symptoms (down by 802 patients over the past 24 hours), while 1,034 are in intensive care (down by 134 patients compared to Friday).

The rest 69,974 people, or 82 percent of the positive, are quarantined at home because they are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms.

A total of 30,262 cases, the vast majority of current active cases, occurred in the Lombardy region whose capital is Milan, followed by 13,934 infections in its neighboring Piedmont region with Turin as capital.

In the rest of Italy's 20 regions, the number of infections ranged from a high of 7,401 in the northern Emilia-Romagna region to a low of 111 cases in the central Umbria region, according to the Civil Protection Department.

The single-day death toll on Saturday was 194, bringing the total to 30,395 since the outbreak was first recorded in Italy's northern Lombardy region on February 21.

The total number of COVID-19 infections, fatalities, and recoveries since the pandemic began in Italy has risen to 218,268 cases against a total of 217,185 cases on Friday.

Source: Agencies


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