The World Health Organization said it expects “high levels” of Covid-19 this summer in Europae called for close monitoring of the virus after daily cases have tripled in the past month. “Since European countries have lifted the social measures in force, the virus will circulate at high levels during the summer,” said the director of the United Nations organization for Europe, Hans Kluge.
“The surge “of new weekly cases of Covid-19 continues, which, in 7 days, was 50.4% and went hand in hand with a 24% growth in swabs performed. This was revealed by the new monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation in the week, which from 22 to 28 June, shows a further increase in new cases of Sars-cov-2 infection in all regions and in all Italian provinces, for a total of over 384,000 .
In 75 provinces there is an incidence of over 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, with large differences ranging from + 12.2% in Sondrio to + 102.5% in Asti.
Almost 55,000 cases per day were recorded from 22 to 28 June of Covid in Italy and over 770,000 are currently positive, but “the number is largely underestimated due to the massive use of do-it-yourself tampons”. Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation, warns: “viral circulation is on the rise” and “already has evident effects on hospitals”. To stem it “the mask is essential in indoor rooms, especially if crowded or poorly ventilated, and in large gatherings even outdoors, but also immediately administer the 4 / a dose to fragile and immunocompromised people “.
ANSA agency
Intensive care and ordinary hospitalizations are on the rise (ANSA)
The increase in Covid-19 infections is reflected on the hospital front, recording a new weekly increase of 25.7% in hospitalizations in the medical area and 15% in intensive care. But deaths are also growing by 16.3%. In particular, hospitalizations with symptoms were 6,035 compared to 4,803 in the previous week (+1,232) and intensive care 237 (+31) compared to 206. 392 deaths (of which 43 referred to previous periods) compared to 337 of the 7 previous days.
Furthermore, the percentage of beds in hospital wards in the medical area rises by one point in 24 hours in Italy, returning to 10% (or non-critical), occupied by patients with Covid-19, reaching 24% in Umbria. On the other hand, the occupancy of places in intensive care remains at 3%, a percentage well below the alert level. Both parameters, at the national level, recorded 3% exactly one year ago. This is what emerges from the data of the National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas) of 29 June 2022, published today. In detail, based on Agenas daily monitoring, the occupancy of places in intensive care by patients with Covid-19 grows in 4 regions: Calabria (4%), Marche (2%), Puglia (3%) and Sicily (4%); while it drops in 5: Campania (4%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (4%), Pa Bolzano (1%), Sardinia (3%), Veneto (2%). Instead, it is stable in 10 regions or autonomous provinces: Abruzzo (3%), Basilicata (1%), Emilia Romagna (3%), Lazio (5%), Liguria (1%), Lombardy (1%), Molise (3%), Piedmont (2%), Tuscany (2%), Umbria (1%). In Pa Trento (0%) and Valle d’Aosta (0%) the variation is not available. The percentage of beds in the ward, on the other hand, falls in the Marche (8%) and Molise (6%), while it grows in 9 regions: Emilia Romagna (11%), Liguria (13%), Pa Bolzano (12%) , Tuscany (8%), Pa Trento (10%), Puglia (11%), Umbria (24%), Valle d’Aosta (16%) and Veneto (7%). It is stable in 10: Abruzzo (9%), Basilicata (14%), Calabria (18%), Campania (11%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (12%), Lazio (9%), Lombardy (8%) , Piedmont (4%), Sardinia (8%), Sicily (21%).