Italy registers 162,488 coronavirus cases, death toll at 21,067
A homeless man sits in the sun on the stairs leading to the Ara Coeli church by Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio) in central Rome on April 11, 2020.
The COVID-19 has claimed another 602 lives in locked-down Italy over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 162,488 since the pandemic began in late February, the country's Civil Protection Department said on Tuesday.
Speaking during a nightly televised press conference, Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli confirmed that there were 675 new active coronavirus infections compared to Monday, bringing the nationwide total to 104,291 cases.
Of those infected, 28,011 are hospitalized (down by 12 patients compared to Monday), while 3,186 are in intensive care (down by 74 patients compared to Monday).
The rest, or 70 percent of all positive cases, are quarantined at home, Borrelli said.
The death toll on Tuesday was of 602, bringing the total to 21,067 since the pandemic first broke out in northern Italy on Feb. 21.
He added that there were 1,695 additional recoveries compared to Monday, bringing that total to 37,130.
Tuesday's numbers are up from a total of 159,516 cases on Monday: 103,616 active infections, 35,435 recoveries and 20,465 fatalities.
