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Italy sees new surge in daily COVID-19 cases – Anadolu Agency
Expert says ‘Italian’ variant of coronavirus was already circulating in August – Anadolu Agency
By Giada Zampano
ROME (AA) – Italy reported 11,212 new cases of the novel coronavirus Tuesday, rising again above the 10,000 mark after dipping for two days at around 8,000.
Italian health authorities also registered 659 new deaths from COVID-19, up from 445 a day before.
The higher number of daily infections, however, also reflects the larger number of swab tests administered on Monday.
The infection rate fell to 8.7% from 12.5% in the past 24 hours.
Italy is struggling to contain a second outbreak…
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