MILAN: Italy reported 386 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, up from 300 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections decreased to 13,846 from 20,159.

Italy has registered 105,328 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the ministry reported, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world.

The country has reported 3.4 million cases to date.

Patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 28,049 on Monday, up from 27,484 a day earlier.

There were 227 new admissions to intensive care units, compared with 232 on Sunday. The total number of intensive care patients increased to 3,510 from 3,448.

When Italy's second wave of the epidemic was accelerating quickly in the first half of November, hospital admissions were rising by about 1,000 per day, while intensive care occupancy was increasing by about 100 per day.