Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Friday signed an ordinance putting thr whole country, except for the northern region of Valle d’Aosta, into the low-restriction ‘white zone’. The ministry reviewed regional restrictions following the findings of the latest health data report publushed on Friday, which showed that the rate of new infections in the country remained low.

The national average Rt reproduction number, which shows the rate of new infections, was steady at 0.69 (it was 0.68 last week). Italy’s national average 7-day incidence rate had fallen from 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants to 16.