Italy reports over 25k new coronavirus cases

Rome, Nov 10 : Italy registered 25,271 new coronavirus cases and 356 fatalities in the last 24 hours, which took the overall caseload and death toll to 960,373 and 41,750, respectively, the Health Ministry said.
Monday’s figure marked a moderate slowdown compared to the 32,616 new cases reported a day earlier, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying.
The total number of active cases in the country is 573,334, the vast majority of which (542,849) are currently isolated at home with no or mild symptoms.
The number of patients in intensive care units, however, grew by 100 on Monday, reaching 2,849, the latest data showed.
The latest figures came as more regions were expected to implement tougher restrictions, after the cabinet, regional governors, and the government’s advising technical-scientific committee (CTS) met in the afternoon to assess the overall pandemic picture provided by the National Institute of Health (ISS).
The regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Toscana, Liguria, and Basilicata will be declared “orange zones” — meaning they are now considered at middle risk, Abruzzo governor Marco Marsilio told Ansa news agency on Monday.