Italy reports 38,375 coronavirus cases on Saturday, 210 deaths

MILAN, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Italy reported 38,375 COVID-19 related cases on Saturday, against 40,948 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths rose to 210 from 193.Italy has registered 154,416 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth highest in the world. The country has reported 12.7 million cases to date.Patients in hospital with COVID-19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 11,103 on Saturday, from 11,706 a day earlier.There were 44 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 58 on Friday. The total number of intensive care patients fell to 763 from a previous 799.Some 434,077 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 440,115, the health ministry said.