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Gimbe, 1.2 million new cases in 7 days, + 49% – Health

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In the week from 5th to 11th January a 49% increase in new Covid-19 cases, which were one million and 207,689 compared to 810,535 the previous week. In strong growth are also currently positive cases: they are 2,134,139 compared to 1,265,297 of the previous week, equal to + 68.7%. While the incidence of new cases of Sars-Cov-2 infection in 56 provinces exceeds 2000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This was revealed by the independent monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation which speaks of “insufficient measures to curb the rise of infections”.

From 5 to 11 January, “The pressure on hospitals continues to grow both in the medical departments and in the intensive “. In fact, hospitalizations of Covid-19 patients with symptoms rise by 31% (from 12,912 of the previous week to 17,067) and intensive care by 20.5% (from 1,392 to 1,677). But deaths also increased by 35.4%. The independent foundation stresses that “the overload of hospitals leads to the postponement of the treatment of other diseases”.

In the week from 3 to January 2022 483,512 new vaccinated people are registered (+ 62.1%) compared to 298,253 the previous week. L’increase concerns in particular the 5-11 range (267.412; +53,3%) and that 12-19 (61,778; + 65.5%), “while the recent introduction ofvaccination obligation for over 50s has not had great effects at the moment, given that in this age group there are only 73,690 new vaccinates. “As of 11 January, 8.61 million people remain without even a dose, of which 2.21 million are over 50 at high risk of serious illness and hospitalization.

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In Italy, 2.21 million people over 50 have not yet received any vaccine dose anti-Covid and for this reason, based on their age, they are at high risk of serious illness and hospitalization. In the week 3-9 January 2022, there were only 73,690 new vaccinates in this age group, for which the vaccination obligation was introduced according to the latest regulations introduced by the Government.

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