World News | Italy Reaches 100,000 Daily Coronavirus Tests

Rome, Sep 2 (AP) Italy registered a new surge in coronavirus infections, which rose by 1,326 on Wednesday.

That's up from 978 a day before, according to the latest Health Ministry figures.

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The data confirm the rising trend in new cases observed in the country over the past month, but also reflect the wider number of swab tests performed daily, which for the first time topped the 100,000 level. The testing reached almost 103,000 in the past 24 hours.

Italy now has 271,515 confirmed infections and 35,497 known deaths, including six in the last day.

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Health experts are encouraging Italy to boost testing and tracing of contacts of the newly infected before schools open on Sept. 14. (AP)

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