In the last 24 hours, 20 deaths were registered, increasing the total number of deaths due to covid-19 to 35,801 since the health emergency in the country was decreed.
The total number of recovered persons since February amounts to 222,716 (954 in the last 24 hours), while the current number of active contagions in the country is 47,718, with 244 hospitalized in intensive care units and 2,737 hospitalized, while the rest remain in their homes. .
Lombardy, the region most affected by the pandemic, reported 277 new infections, and all regions of the country reported new cases, with less incidence in the region of Valle d’Aosta (north), and Molise (south).
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed at least 984,068 deaths and around 32.3 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
In Europe, the highest number of fatalities is recorded in the United Kingdom (41,902 dead, more than 416 thousand cases), followed by Italy (35,801 dead, more 306 thousand cases), France (31,511 dead, more than 497 thousand cases) ) and Spain (31,118 dead, more than 704 thousand cases).
Portugal accounts for 1,936 deaths in 72,055 cases of infection.
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