Covid Italy, data and infections: bulletin 19 October

Covid today Italy, the bulletin of the Civil Protection and the Ministry of Health of October 19, 2021 reports 2,697 new coronavirus infections and another 70 deaths. New cases were identified on 662,000 swabs, the positivity rate is 0.4%. Ordinary and intensive care hospitalizations for Covid are slightly down. Patients with symptoms compared to yesterday are -5 for a total of 2,423. The total number of people admitted to intensive care is 355 (-3 compared to yesterday) with 27 admissions on the day.