People wait to receive a dose of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease at the Music Auditorium in Rome, Italy, March 17, 2021. (Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
Italy reported 401 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, up from 386 the day before, the health ministry said.
The daily tally of new infections slipped to 23,832 from 25,735 the day before, it added.
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Italy has registered 104,642 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world.
The country has reported 3.35 million cases to date.
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Patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 27,061 on Saturday, up from 26,858 a day earlier.
There were 243 new admissions to intensive care units, compared with 244 on Friday. The total number of intensive care patients increased to 3,387.
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