Italy reported 36 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 53 the day before, Reuters quoted the health ministry as saying, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 7,569 from 8,544.

Italy has registered 132,775 deaths linked to Covid-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the ninth-highest in the world. The country has reported 4.9 million cases to date.

Patients in hospital with Covid-19 — not including those in intensive care — stood at 3,647 on Sunday, up from 3,597 a day earlier.