Rome, March 18 (beraking latest news Salute) – “All the pandemic numbers are on the rise”. This is highlighted by the independent monitoring of the Gimbre Foundation in the week of 10-16 March. “Compared to the previous week – records the report – there is a further increase in new cases (157.677 against 145.659) and deaths (2.522 against 2.191). The currently positive cases continue to rise (536.115 against 478.883), people in isolation home care (506,761 versus 453,734), hospitalizations with symptoms (26,098 versus 22,393) and intensive care (3,256 versus 2,756) “.
“The further increase in new cases – says Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation – has determined in the last week the net expansion of the basin of currently positive cases, which has increased by over 57 thousand units”. Compared to the previous week, the currently positive cases per 100 thousand inhabitants are growing in 16 Regions and in 15 there is a percentage increase in new cases.
According to the Gimbe Foundation, “even in intensive care, whose national saturation rate exceeds the critical threshold at 36%, employment by Covid patients exceeds 30% in 13 Regions: in particular, in 5 Regions (Tuscany , Abruzzo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Piedmont, Molise) is above or equal to 40% and in other 5 it is above 50% (Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Umbria, Marche, Autonomous Province of Trento) “. “Hospital overload – comments Renata Gili, head of research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation – in addition to making the care of Covid patients more complex, increases the stress of hospital staff and services and requires postponing surgery and other non-urgent services for non-Covid patients “.
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