There are 132,274 new infections from Covid recorded in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Yesterday the infected were 36,282. The victims are 94, 35 more than yesterday’s 59.
A total of 464,732 swabs were performed, including antigenic and molecular, with the positivity rate of 28.4%, stable compared to 27.9% yesterday. 323 patients are hospitalized in intensive care, 20 more than yesterday. The daily admissions are 53. The hospitalized in the ordinary wards are 8,003, 355 more than yesterday.
Coronavirus positive Italians are currently 1,087,272, continuously growing in recent days. This is evidenced by the data from the Ministry of Health. A total of 18,938,771 have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic, while the deaths rise to 168,698. The discharged and healed are 17,682,801, with an increase of 64,828.
AGENAS: EMPLOYMENT IN ORDINARY DEPARTMENTS RISES TO 12% IN 24 HOURS
The percentage of places in non-critical area hospital wards occupied by patients with Covid-19 rises by one percentage point over 24 hours in Italy, returning to 12%. It is stable instead the percentage of intensive care units employed was 3%. Both parameters were, exactly one year ago, at 2%. This is what emerges from the data of the National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas) of 4 July 2022, published today.
HOPE: CASES IN RECOVERY, WE WILL MAKE ACCOUNTS WITH RELAPS ON HOSPITALS
“We are in an era of recovery even in our country of infections, which are growing, and we know very well that when the number of infections grows so large even if the percentage of relapse on our health facilities is more limited than in the past thanks to the vaccination campaign, however, you still have a relapse to deal with “. Health Minister Roberto Speranza said this, speaking at the convention organized by Fiaso for the 30th anniversary of the law that introduced healthcare companies in Italy.
“Hospitals, whenever an infection curve grows, are equipped to be able to welcome people. But now we have much lower numbers than in the past. We have reached 4000 people in intensive care, today we have about 300, so we are in a different phase and we have different tools to manage the pandemic. But it is clear that hospitals must have flexibility, so if beds are needed we are ready to face the challenge “.
“We are preparing for a vaccination campaign in the fall in which we will extend the booster age” of the anti Covid vaccine. Minister Speranza said this, speaking at the convention organized by Fiaso for the 30th anniversary of the law that introduced health care companies. In this context, the minister added an appeal to health directors to do everything possible to improve, already now, “the coverage of the fourth dose of the vaccine for the frail and the elderly”.
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Daily infections continue to increase due to the 7th wave of Covid in France: according to the new Minister of Health, François Braun, there have been over 200,000 in the last 24 hours, the highest number in recent weeks. (HANDLE)
FIASO: 40 THOUSAND LESS DOCTORS AND NURSES SINCE 2010
Since 2010, health personnel have suffered a decline of 5.6%, i.e. 5 thousand doctors, almost 11 thousand nurses and more than 23 thousand other health workers are missing, for a total of 40 thousand units. A reduction that led to the weak situation highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic. During the emergency, however, temporary workers were recruited who can now be hired thanks to the stabilization law. “Already 10 regions out of 20 – explains the president of Fiaso, Giovanni Migliore – have already entered into agreements to proceed with permanent contracts”.
The data were presented today at the conference “For 30 years at the service of citizens: the general manager in public health companies”, organized at the Ministry of Health by the Italian Federation of Health and Hospitals.
This is a consequence of the measures envisaged by the 2010 budget law, which introduced a ceiling on public personnel spending and went hand in hand with the blocking of turnover and the re-entry plans in many regions of central and southern Italy.
“For ten years – continues Migliore – in the face of new health needs and the aging of the population, investment in personnel has not increased: 40 thousand professionals are missing”. According to President Fiaso, moreover, “to bridge the ten-year gap, it is necessary to abandon the logic of spending ceilings and increase the funding for the recruitment of new professionals”. Together, he concludes, “we have passed two violent years, we have been exposed to upheavals. Now we need the extraordinary to become ordinary”.