Italy reports 26 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, 5,822 new cases

Italy reported 26 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 31 the day before, the health ministry said. It reported 5,822 new infections, down from 6,764 a day earlier.

With 4.81 million cases to date, Italy has registered 132,391 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain, and the ninth-highest in the world.

The number of patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 3,215 on Sunday, up from 3,173 a day earlier.

There were 26 new admissions to intensive care units, compared with 23 on Saturday. The total number of intensive care patients rose slightly to 398 from a previous 392.

Some 434,771 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 491,962, the health ministry said.