In Italy in the last 24 hours there have been 71,947 cases and 57 deaths. Last Sunday there were just over 48,000. The curve therefore confirms its increase but in the last few days it seems to have stabilized around + 40%. With 262,557 swabs the positivity rate is stable at around 27.4%. The number of hospitalized patients is further increasing (+ 177) and reaches 7,212. In the ICU there are 291 people (+ 16).
Exceeded one million current positives in Italy. According to the updated data of the Ministry of Health, the current Covid positives now stand at 1,009,943.
Vaia: no problem with concerts and social life, but how to use them safely
“Like sunflowers turned towards our source of life. Caution and responsibility always, alarmism never. The problem is not concerts, sport, social life, school, but how the Italian system allows everyone to enjoy them safely. I feel timid steps forward, someone is talking about aeration of the environments, about school problems. It is not much but it is already something “. Thus, in a post on Facebbok, the director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, Francesco Vaia.
Negative pandemic effects on Italian couple relationships
A study conducted by researchers Annunziata Romeo, Agate Benfante e Marialaura di Tella of the ‘Remind the body’ group of the psychology department, coordinated by professor Lorys Castelli of the University of Turin, investigated the levels of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms (Ptss), together with the impact of pandemic restrictive measures on romantic relationships and couple adaptation, understood as quality and satisfaction of the relationship . The research, conducted between 4 December 2020 and 10 January 2021 and published in the international scientific journal Journal of affective disorders, involved 410 participants with a stable romantic relationship. According to the results, participants who reported a negative impact of the pandemic situation on the couple relationship reported worse psychological outcomes and difficulties in the relationship. When asked “do you think that the containment measures introduced to stem the covid-19 emergency and the new daily life that ensued have had an impact on your romantic relationship?”, 32% of the participants reported a negative impact on the couple’s relationship while only 18.5% declared a positive impact, the remaining part of the participants impacted none.
Covid: La Vecchia, probable estimate of 5% positive Italians
The real cases of Covid-19 in Italy could be equal to 5% of the population, or about 3 million: this is the probable estimate, according to the epidemiologist. Carlo La Vecchia, Professor of Medical Statistics at the University of Milan. “If we think about an estimate of real cases, it is likely that today at least 5% of Italians are positive,” La Vecchia told ANSA. A percentage that translates into “a number between 2 and 4 million individuals, probably around 3 million”. Against the million known cases, there would therefore be “about 2 million unregistered cases, probably with few or no symptoms”.
D’Amato: evaluate the fourth dose at over 70
“It would be advisable for the technical-scientific authorities of the Ministry of Health to evaluate the opportunity to immediately extend the audience of subjects recalled to the 4th dose of the Covid vaccine. Given the high viral incidence, perhaps it would be appropriate to lower the current threshold of 80 years. up to the age of 70. Obviously we refer only to the scientific evaluations, but I think it useful that this further verification can be made in relation to the changed epidemiological framework “. This was declared by the Councilor for Health of the Lazio Region, Alessio D’Amato.