There are 4,878 Covid test positives identified in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Down from yesterday, when there were 5,335. On the other hand, there are 37 victims in one day, 4 more than yesterday (33).
346 patients are hospitalized in intensive care for Covid in Italy, 3 less than yesterday in the balance between income and expenses. Daily admissions. I’m 20 (yesterday 18). The hospitalized with symptoms in the ordinary wards are 2,707 or 49 more than yesterday.
There are 477,352 molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy. Yesterday there were 474,778. The positivity rate is 1.02%, a very slight decrease from 1.1% yesterday.
One out of 4 contagion among the under 20s
The incidence of Covid cases is growing throughout Italy, with some regions more exposed such as Friuli Venezia Giulia which has seen the value double in one week, but in the last week the incidence also increases in all age groups and in particular under the age of 12, ie in the part of the population that still cannot be vaccinated. In total, 24% of cases were diagnosed under the age of 20 and in the school age group 47% of cases were diagnosed between 6 and 11 years, 33% in the 12-19 age group and only 13 % and 7% respectively between 3 and 5 years and under 3 years. Between 11 and 24 October in this part of the population there were 10,333 new cases, 84 hospitalized, one hospitalized in intensive care and no deaths. This is indicated by the extended ISS report which integrates the weekly monitoring, to complete the complete picture that already on Friday had seen some alarm signals emerge.
However, the ISS confirms that vaccination efficacy is high “even with the prevailing Delta variant” compared to hospitalizations in non-critical wards with 92% protection, 95% in intensive care, and 91% compared to deaths. The percentage of infections among health workers compared to the total remains stable at 3.6%, underlines the Istituto Superiore di Sanita ‘, thus responding to the concern of the category regarding the possible reduction of vaccine protection more than 6 months after completion of the cycle for the vast majority of them. And if the data therefore speak of a weak link in the younger groups, the news arrives from the US that the Food and Drug Administration (Fda) has authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years. , with a reduced dose (one third of that for adults) and two injections three weeks apart.
A decision that affects some 28 million American children. If there is also a green light from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the pediatric vaccination campaign can begin next week. And if the vaccine remains the most effective weapon of protection, the appeal is not to abandon the “caution” measures such as distancing and masks. In Campania, along this line, the president of the regional council, Vincenzo De Luca, who with an ordinance extended the obligation to wear masks even outside until next December 31st. ” Yes, there is a recovery, we have gone from 30 per 100 thousand people to over 50, so even with the Rt, the transmissibility index, it has gone from 0.8 to just over l ‘1 and therefore we are in an epidemic phase. I would say that it is not surprising, in the sense that with the winter season these area-spread viruses have the possibility of spreading more “, said the president of AIFA, Giorgio Palu ‘, on the sidelines this morning in Matera. of a conference of the Court of the rights and duties of the doctor, inviting not to be alarmed. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 4,755,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Italy by regional reference laboratories have been reported to the surveillance system and 131,292 deaths.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, 4,878 Covid test positives have been identified in the last 24 hours, down compared to Friday, when they were 5,335. On the other hand, there are 37 victims in one day, 4 more than the day before. And the positivity rate with 477,352 molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out is 1.02%, a very slight decrease compared to 1.1% the day before. As always, the data on hospital employment remains significant. 346 patients are hospitalized in intensive care, 3 fewer than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits. On the other hand, the hospitalized with symptoms in the ordinary wards are 2,707 or 49 more than yesterday, with an increase trend recorded for several days now.