ROME (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th January, 2022) Italy has registered 219,441 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said.
A day earlier, the nation confirmed 189,088 coronavirus cases.
The total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Italy stands at some 7 million.
Like many other countries, Italy is now facing a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic linked to the spread of the Omicron strain.
