Italy reports 62,037 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, 155 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19 at a Red Cross vaccination centre by Termini main train station in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 62,037 COVID-19 related cases on Wednesday, against 83,643 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths fell to 155 from 169.

Italy has registered 161,187 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth highest in the world. The country has reported 15.5 million cases to date.