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22 Mar. Italy reported 6,557 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, raising the total to 53,578 since the pandemic first broke out in its north on Feb 21.

Further 793 people died of coronavirus in Italy in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll to 4,825. The number of active coronavirus infections increased to 42,681, not counting recoveries and fatalities. Recoveries were steadily growing as well, with 943 new recoveries declared on the day.

As for the 42,681 people currently positive, some 22,116 of them were under home confinement, another 17,708 were hospitalized and 2,851 in intensive care.