FLORENCE, ITALY – Tuscany Region remains in a low risk situation for COVID-19 contagion. Health Minister Roberto Speranza is set to sign orders making all of Italy’s regions except for Valle D’Aosta moderate-risk yellow zones next week in the nation tiered system of coronavirus-linked restrictions thanks to improved COVID-19 contagion data.
Valle D’Aosta will remain a medium-high risk orange zone. At the moment Valle D’Aosta is one of only three orange regions, along with Sardinia and Sicily, while the rest of the country is yellow, where the restrictions are much less stringent.
Italy’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 123,927. The ministry said pressure on Italy’s health services continued to ease. It said the number of COVID patients in intensive care fell by 33 to 1,860, while the number of coronavirus patients in ordinary hospital wards was 13.050, down 558 on last Thursday.
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