Sharjah 24 - Reuters: Italy reported 201 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday against 262 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 8,085 from 7,852.

Italy has registered 123,745 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world. The country has reported 4.14 million cases to date.

Patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 13,608 on Thursday, down from 14,280 a day earlier.

There were 81 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 91 on Wednesday. The total number of intensive care patients fell to 1,893 from a previous 1,992.

Some 287,026 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 306,744, the health ministry said.