Sharjah24 - Reuters: Italy reported 50,534 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, against 53,662 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths fell to 252 from 314.
Italy has registered 152,848 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth highest in the world. The country has reported 12.4 million cases to date.
Patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 13,387 on Saturday, down from 13,948 a day earlier.
There were 76 new admissions to intensive care units, up from 52 on Friday. The total number of intensive care patients fell to 953 from 987.