Rome, 16 July 2021 – They are still growing the national Rt contagion index (today at 0.91) e the incidence of Covid cases (19 out of 100 thousand inhabitants), while waiting for the new one bulletin of the Ministry of Health on the progress of Coronavirus in Italia. The numbers of infections could still mark a rise, even if in these days the increase in the new positives detected has not been accompanied, fortunately, by an equal one as regards hospitalizations and intensive care (here the complete bulletin of July 15th). However, the growing data could also lead to a return to the yellow zone for some regions.
Summary
According to the forecasts of the European Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (Ecdc) there will be a strong rebound in the number of infections in the coming weeks, with almost five times more cases per day by 1 August because of Delta variant and easing of restrictions. In the region that includes the EU, Norway and Iceland, the ECDC expects an incidence of over 420 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants for the week ending 1 August compared to less than 90 last week. The number of hospitalizations and deaths, on the other hand, should increase less rapidly, according to the ECDC, thanks in particular to the vaccination campaign.
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The Covid bulletin of July 16
(We will publish here, as soon as available, the data and the table in Pdf)
Today in the Lazio register 443 new cases of Coronavirus, with an increase of 90 compared to yesterday, out of a total of almost 26 thousand tests (of which 9 thousand swabs). “The ratio between positives and swabs is 4.9% but if the antigenic ones are also considered, the percentage drops to 1.7%”, clarifies the regional councilor for health, Alessio D’Amato. The cases in Rome city are at 297, yesterday 178. The deaths are 2 (+1), the hospitalized are 105 (the same number as yesterday), the intensive therapies are also unchanged, are 25; the healed are 186. The currently positive are 2,645, 2,515 people in home isolation
The Veneto marks another increase in cases: 425 (yesterday 318) the new positives in 24 hours, bringing the total to 427,747. I am instead 2 deaths, for a total of 11,626 deaths in hospitals and retirement homes since the beginning of the epidemic. This was reported by the regional bulletin. The number of hospitalized patients increases (234) and the places occupied by Covid patients in intensive care remain unchanged (18).
They also grow in Emilia Romagna Covid cases and also, slightly, hospitalizations, although the situation of hospitals does not present any kind of criticality. I’m 200 new positives as at the beginning of June (on 3/6 there were 228), detected on the basis of just over 19,800 swabs. Average age of the infected 30 years. No casualties it is recorded today while there are nine more people hospitalized. There are 15 people in intensive care throughout the region (one more from yesterday) and 148 patients (+8) in the Covid wards. The contagion situation in the provinces sees Bologna in the lead with 41 new cases (plus another 4 from the Imola area), followed by Rimini (33) and Piacenza (31); then Reggio Emilia (28), Modena (20), Parma (13), Ravenna (11) and Ferrara (10). Then Forlì-Cesena (9).
In Tuscany, in the last 24 hours, they are 169 the new positives detected (164 confirmed with molecular swab and 5 by rapid antigen test), which lead to 245,511 cases registered since the beginning of the pandemic. The average age of 169 new positives today is approximately 33 years. On the other hand, 4,784 subjects tested today (with antigenic and / or molecular buffer, excluding the control swabs), of which 3.5% were positive. The currently positive are 1,674 today, + 6.8% compared to yesterday. The people hospitalized in beds dedicated to Covid patients today are a total of 76 (1 less than yesterday, minus 1.3%), 16 in intensive care (1 more than yesterday, plus 6.7%). Today it is registered a new death: a 67 year old from Arezzo. The healed are 236,939 total (61 more than yesterday).
Yet 140 new cases of Coronavirus positivity in Sardinia. The additional tests performed were 4,160, no new deaths were recorded. 43 patients are hospitalized (+1 compared to the previous report), 3 in intensive care. There are 1,353 people in home isolation, 83 more healed. On the territory, of the 58,053 positive cases ascertained overall, were detected in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, 8,842 (+22) in Southern Sardinia, 5,213 (+6) in Oristano, 10,980 (+4) in Nuoro, 17,573 (+25) in Sassari.
Leap forward of the new positives registered on the last day in Umbria, 56 against 20 on Thursday. On the other hand, the number of hospitalized patients declined from eight to five, one of them in intensive care. The website of the Region reports it. Recorded 11 healed while there are no new victims. With the currently positives on the climb and now 662, 45 more. Also on the last day, 1,386 swabs and 2,779 antigen tests were analyzed, with a total positivity rate of 1.3 percent (0.57 on the previous day).
In the Market, in the last 24 hours, they have been identified 52 new cases ‘Covid-19’, 4.2% compared to the 1,231 swabs processed within the path for new diagnoses. The positive-test ratio has increased again compared to yesterday, when it was 3.3% with 40 new cases on 1,212 swabs. The total number of positives identified since the beginning of the epidemic has risen to 104,199, while the cumulative incidence rate per 100 thousand inhabitants has risen to 17 (cut off at 50). The latest cases were identified 9 in the province of Ancona, 10 in the province of Macerata, 18 in that of Pesaro-Urbino, 1 in Fermano, 11 in Piceno and 3 outside the region. These cases include 6 symptomatic subjects, 11 close contacts with positives, 17 contacts detected in the home environment, 3 detected in the workplace, 4 in a social environment and 3 outside the region; 8 cases are in the epidemiological investigation phase.
I’m 25 cases of Covid-19 register today in Abruzzo and results from the 3,924 tests performed (2,613 molecular swabs and 2,311 antigenic tests), with the total number of infections rising to 75,308 from the start of the emergency (the total is lower as 2 cases have been eliminated, communicated in recent days, results already in charge of another Region). On the other hand, there are no deaths. The currently positive are 924 (-4 compared to yesterday). 25 patients (+1 compared to yesterday) are hospitalized in the medical area; 1 (unchanged compared to yesterday with no new entry) in intensive care, while the other 898 (-5 compared to yesterday) are in home isolation with active surveillance by the ASL.
In Trentino the trend of infections is confirmed on the rise: 33 new positive cases are detected through about 1,500 swabs, while the deaths remain at zero. In Friuli Venezia Giulia the new positives are 26, one person is hospitalized in intensive care and 6 in the other wards. There Basilicata records 10 new cases out of 309 swabs and 15 recoveries.
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