New cases of COVID-19 in Italy are
down 2.8% and deaths up 8% in the last week, the health ministry
said in its weekly report Friday.
The 2.8% drop compared to a 0.7% drop in the previous week while
the 8% deaths rise compared to a gain of 9.5% the previous week,
the report said.
In the week of 2-8 December, the ministry said, 221,154 new
positive cases were recorded, compared to 227,440 the previous
week and 686 deaths (compared to 635 the previous week); there
were 1,256,722 swabs with a change of -5.2% compared to the week
(1,324,969); and a positivity rate of 17.6% with an increase of
0.4% on the previous week, when it was 17.2%.
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