Queue at the pharmacy where express COVID-19 testing is done in Venice ROME, Jan 6 For the first time in the entire epidemic, the number of people infected with COVID-19 in Italy per day exceeded 200 thousand. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, over the past 24 hours, 219,441 people were infected with coronavirus in the Apennines. The day before, this figure was just over 189 thousand. The psychological barrier of 100 thousand infected per day was overcome in Italy on December 30. Such a rapid increase in COVID-19 infections is associated with the spread of the omicron strain, which, according to local experts, is already recorded in absolute most cases. 
1 million COVID-19 tests. Over the past 24 hours, 1.138 million such tests were done. The rate of detected cases of infection was almost 19.3% compared to 17.3% a day earlier. However, the number of deaths as a result of COVID disease has decreased from 231 to 198. Currently, more than 13.8 thousand people have been hospitalized with symptoms of COVID-19 in Italy, 1467 patients are being held in intensive care units.
