The total people infected since the start of the outbreak topped 200,000 on Tuesday. Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 382, against 333 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said.
The daily tally of new infections stood at 2,091, higher than the 1,739 recorded on Monday.
The total of officially confirmed cases, which includes those who have died and recovered, amounts to 201,505, the third-highest global tally behind those of the United States and Spain.
There were 1,863 people in intensive care on Tuesday against a previous 1,956, maintaining a long-running decline. Of those originally infected, 68,941 were declared recovered against 66,624 a day earlier.
The agency said 1.275 million people had been tested for the virus against 1.237 million the day before, out of a population of around 60 million.
