COVID-19 deaths up 8% in one week in Italy

ROME. KAZINFORM - The GIMBE medical foundation said in its regular coronavirus monitoring report on Monday that Italy registered 686 COVID-19-related deaths in the December 2-8 period, an increase of 8% with respect to the previous week, ANSA reports.

It said the average number of COVID deaths had risen from 91 to 98 a day.
It said the number of COVID admissions to ordinary hospital wards had increased by 9% to 9,215.
The report said COVID intensive-care admissions were up by 4.7% to 335.
GIMBE said 900 people got vaccinated for COVID in the December 2-8 period,a drop of 22.3% on the previous week and the lowest level since the start of the coronavirus vaccination campaign.

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