Coronavirus cases in Italy reach 53,578, death toll at 4,825
Italy reported 6,557 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, raising the full total to 53,578 since the pandemic first broke out in its north on Feb. 21, based on the latest data supplied by the Civil Protection Department managing the COVID-19 emergency.
Further 793 people died of coronavirus in Italy during the past a day, taking the country's death toll to 4,825. The number of active coronavirus infections increased to 42,681, not counting recoveries and fatalities.
Recoveries were steadily growing aswell, with 943 new recoveries declared on your day, and total at 6,072, Civil Protection Chief Angelo Borrelli told a press conference in late afternoon.
As for the 42,681 people currently positive, some 22,116 of them were under home confinement, another 17,708 were hospitalized, and 2,857 in intensive care.
"The spread of the coronavirus remains high, and specifically across those areas already under pressure," National Health Institute (ISS) President Silvio Brusaferro told the press conference.
Brusaferro added the spread of the COVID-19 had been detected across the areas aswell, yet "still in limited numbers."
"The main reason behind the tough restrictions so far imposed (by the federal government) on people's movement is exactly to avoid the virus from spreading over the whole country since it does in the most damaged areas," Brusaferro stressed.
In the most recent effort to further decrease the movement of folks -- with the double goal of limiting the spread and avoiding the public health system from being overwhelmed -- all public parks and gardens in the united states were closed beginning with Saturday morning, carrying out a specific order from medical Ministry.
