While Italy is one of the hardest hit by coronavirus, the country is finally seeing some positives in nearly two months of battling the virus as more than 1,00,000 people have recovered from COVID-19.?
Also on Monday, the civil protection agency said that there are fewer than 1,000 people in intensive care treatment for the novel coronavirus for the first time since March 10 when the country went into confinement.?
The?number of daily deaths rose slightly to 179 from the last report of 165, but was still the third consecutive day below 200 fatalities, the agency said.
On April 3, the number of COVID-19 patients in ICU units throughout the country peaked at 4,068.
Of the over 2,20,000 cases, the number of recovered patients has surged past 1,07,000, a sign seen as a bright spot in otherwise tough times for Italy that has seen more than 30,000 people die of coronavirus.?
At that time Italy was the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak and the hospital system in the north of the country, the worst-hit region, was on the point of breaking down.
Italy has now registered 30,739 virus-related deaths -- the third highest toll behind the United States and United Kingdom -- from a total of 219,814 cases.
In what is seen as an indication of Italy getting things under check, the country yesterday?registered its lowest total of daily new COVID-19 cases since the start of the nationwide lockdown in early March.
According to Health Ministry data, 802 coronavirus infections were confirmed in the 24-hour period ending Sunday evening.?That's also the first time daily new cases have dropped below the 1,000-mark since very early in the country's outbreak.?
The government eased the virus lockdown restrictions slightly on May 4 but a larger-scale reopening is set for next week when museums, shops, cultural sites, churches and libraries will reopen.
According to the government, bars and restaurants will reopen from June 1, along with hair and beauty salons amid fears of a second wave of the virus.??