The latest figures provided by the Italian Civil Protection Department showed that the total number of cases in the country continues to grow, but at a slower pace, climbing by 9% from Saturday to reach 46,638.
The increase signals a slowing trend, when compared with an average of 15% rise in the past two weeks.
Italy remains to be country with highest death toll globally, with over 5,000 fatalities, but contagions grow at slower pace.
