Covid: Gimbe report, ‘new cases plummet and -61% hospitalizations in 6 weeks’

Rome, May 20 (beraking latest news Salute) – In Italy, the new Covid cases “are swooping” and there has been “in the last 6 weeks a reduction in hospitalizations (-61%) and in the employment of intensive care units (-55%)”. This is what the latest report of the Gimbe Foundation on the monitoring of the epidemiological situation in the week 12-18 May shows. Compared to the previous one, there was “a decrease in new cases (43.795 against 63.409) and deaths (1.215 against 1.544). The currently positive cases also decreased (315.308 against 363.859), people in home isolation (302.080 against 346.866), hospitalizations with symptoms (11,539 versus 14,937) and intensive care (1,689 versus 2,056) “, highlights the report.

“The reduction of new weekly cases continues – says Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation – which demonstrates how the effects obtained thanks to 6 weeks of restrictions are gradually giving way to the first results of the vaccination campaign. However, there is a reduction in tampons ( -15% of people tested compared to the previous week), a sign of a slowdown in testing “. All Regions confirm a downward trend.

“Even more clear – says Renata Gili, Head of Research on Health Services at the Gimbe Foundation – is the reduction in hospital pressure that reflects the effect of vaccines on the categories most at risk”. All Regions remain under the alert thresholds for both the medical area and intensive care, with a national average of 19% for both.