In a medical bulletin issued on Saturday, the national institute for infectious disease at Rome's Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital (INMI Lazzaro Spallanzani) said that 106 patients are currently hospitalized within its facility, of whom 47 have tested positive for the coronavirus and four are in the ICU.

Another way to track the status of the pandemic in Italy is by looking at what scientists call the Rt index, which measures the rate of contagiousness of the coronavirus in the wake of countrywide prevention measures put in place by the government.

The latest weekly monitoring report issued by the Ministry of Health showed that during the week of June 15-21, the Rt index in Italy's 20 regions ranged from a high of 1.24 in the central Lazio region whose capital is Rome to a low of 0.27 in Sardinia, which is an island in the Mediterranean.

Both numbers were up from the week of June 8-14, when Sardinia had an Rt index of 0.03 and Lazio came in at 1.12.

The Rt index is being closely watched by health authorities after the last remaining restrictions on domestic travel were lifted on June 3.

Also according to data released by the Ministry of Health on June 26, a total of 7,356 people had contracted the coronavirus over the past 30 days, including 399 health care workers.

In an interview with Il Messaggero newspaper on Saturday, Civil Protection Department Director Agostino Miozzo, who also heads up the Technical and Scientific Committee advising the government on how to handle the pandemic, said that "the virus is still circulating" in Italy.

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