The latest figures take the nation’s death toll to 12,428.
But while the number of fatalities remains high, the infection rate is slowing each day.
Another 4053 cases were confirmed on Tuesday, after 4050 the previous day and 5217 on Sunday.
Head of the National Higher Health Institute, Dr Silvio Brusaferro, said Italy should start to see a decline in new cases in the epicentre of Europe’s pandemic.
Despite that, he stressed it would be folly to relax Italy’s lockdown restrictions now, even though the rate of new virus infections is slowing.
“The curve suggests we are at the plateau,” he said.
“We have to confirm it, because arriving at the plateau doesn’t mean we have conquered the peak and we’re done.
“It means now we should start to see the decline if we continue to place maximum attention on what we do every day.”
Italy still has 4023 patients in intensive care, only around 40 more than on Monday, giving another sign that the epidemic has reached a plateau.
In the early stages of the outbreak, the number of coronavirus patients being admitted to intensive care was increasing by hundreds each day.
In total Italy has confirmed 105,792 cases of coronavirus since the outbreak began, including the deceased and recovered patients.
Another 1109 people had recovered on Tuesday, figures showed, making a total of 15,729.
The rest of the world is watching closely to see if the strict quarantine measures in place in Italy eventually prevail.
