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Italy on Monday further relaxed COVID-19 restrictions in certain parts of the country based on a decree issued by the Health Ministry on Saturday. Seven out of Italy's 20 regions are now "white" zones, the lowest in the country's four-tier color-coded system of restrictions.
The "white" zones are northern Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, central Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise and Sardinia. In these zones, all restrictions on people's movements or business activities have been lifted, and the wearing of face masks and social distancing are the only preventive measures still in place. The rest of the country remains in the moderate-risk "yellow" zone.
Monday brought a further improvement in the "yellow" zones as well, with the night-time curfew entering into force one hour later than before, from 12 midnight (instead of 11 p.m.) until 5 a.m. The main pandemic metrics have improved in recent weeks, and three regions (northern Aosta Valley, Molise and southern Basilicata) on Monday registered no COVID-19 patients in intensive care.
The bed occupancy rate (in both normal COVID-19 wards and intensive care units) stood at nine percent on average at a national level, well below the 30 percent critical threshold set by the government.
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