Italy records lowest one-day COVID-19 death toll and fewest new infections since early March

People are seen at the Coloseum in Rome, Italy, on May 8, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

The total death toll from Italy's coronavirus outbreak is now 30,560.

ROME, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Italy on Sunday recorded its lowest one-day COVID-19 death total and the smallest number of new infections in more than two months, Italy's Ministry of Health said.

The 165 deaths recorded over the last day was the lowest since March 9, the day Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared Europe's first peacetime lockdown, as the country sought to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The 802 new infections recorded over the previous 24 hours was the lowest total since March 6.

Those numbers compare to 194 and 1,083 a day earlier.

The total death toll from Italy's coronavirus outbreak is now 30,560, while the total number of infections is 219,070.

The positive trends continued a week into Italy's "Phase 2," which refers to a loosened version of the national coronavirus lockdown, which started March 10.

People walk along a street in Rome, Italy, on May 8, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

A day after the total number of Italian patients who recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, surpassed 100,000, the number of recoveries continued to grow, with 2,155 new recoveries added to that list. The total recoveries in the country now stand at 105,186, according to the latest data.

Active cases of COVID-19 totaled 83,324, down by 1,518 compared to the previous day. As of Sunday, 1,027 patients are in intensive care units, seven fewer than the previous day.

The total number of the hospitalized with COVID-19 but not in intensive care units was 13,618, while the number of people recovering at home with mild symptoms was 68,679. Those figures are both lower than a day ago. ■