Italy has registered 33,979 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday, down from 37,255 on Saturday.
The ministry also reported 546 COVID-related deaths, from 544 the day before.
There were 195,275 coronavirus swabs carried out in the past day, the ministry said, against a previous 227,695.
The northern region of Lombardy, centred on Italy’s financial capital Milan, remained the hardest hit area on Sunday, reporting 8,060 new cases against 8,129 on Saturday.
