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ROME, June 13-- Italy recorded 346 new cases of infection from the novel coronavirus in a 24-hour period, but total active infections decreased to 27,485, down from 28,997 a day ago, officials said Saturday. This came 10 days after the last remaining restrictions under a nationwide lockdown were lifted and Italians were again free to travel within their own country, beginning on June 3. It also came one day after total active infections dipped below the 30,000 mark for the first time since March. Saturday's figure of new cases was down from the 393 recorded on Friday and 379 on Thursday, the Civil Protection Department said. Another 1,780 COVID-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total to 174,865, up from 173,085 recoveries on Friday. A further 55 COVID-19 patients have died, taking the death toll since the pandemic began to 34,301. Of those who tested positive for the new coronavirus, 220 are in intensive care, down from Friday's 227, and 3,747 are hospitalized with symptoms, down from Friday's 3,893, the Civil Protection Department said. The rest -- 23,518 people, or 86 percent of those who tested positive for the new coronavirus -- are quarantined at home because they are asymptomatic or have very light symptoms. The overall number of COVID-19 infections, fatalities, and recoveries rose to 236,651 cases over the past 24 hours, against a total of 236,305 cases on Friday. HIGH-PROFILE DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC RELAUNCH | 
