From 2 to 8 February, new cases of Covid – 19 in Italy see, for the second consecutive week, a sharp decline registering a -27,9%. They were, in fact, 649,345 compared to 900,027 the previous week. A decline due, ” in part to the lower circulation of the virus, documented by the reduction in the positivity rate of tampons, and partly to the reduction of tampons“that, between antigenic and molecular, in the same period of time dropped by 15.5%. This is noted by the new monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation, from which comes the warning: “the data legitimize cautious optimism, not risky moves”.
85.4% of the population received at least one dose of vaccine and 82% have completed the vaccination cycle, but 7.1 million people have not yet received even one administration. The coverage rate of third doses is, instead, at 83.5% but with clear regional differences: it goes from 77.5% of Sicily to 89% of Valle d’aosta. This is noted by the new independent monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation, updated on February 9 at 6
Continue the slow decline in the weight of the pandemic about Covid-19 on hospital facilities. In the week 2-8 February there was a 7.7% reduction in hospitalizations with symptoms18,337 compared to 19,873 the previous week. Similarly, one also sees a 11.2% reduction in hospitalizations in intensive care, which were 1,376 compared to 1,549. While they do not mention a decrease in deaths, which were 2,587 (+0.2%), of which 251 referred to previous periods.
In the week 2-8 February, with the exception of Calabria, Sardinia and Sicily (on which the recalculations of the last week weigh), in all regions there is a percentage reduction in new cases, ranging from -9.4% of Basilicata to -50.4% of Valle d’aosta. But there are still 70 provinces with an incidence of more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, distributed in all regions except Molise and Valle d’aosta.
There is also a further decline in New vaccinated against Covid-19: there were 186,744 compared to 278,940 in the previous week, equal to -33.1%. In particular, in the 5-11 year range there were 77,985, with a clear decrease of -35.2% compared to the previous week. Despite the vaccination obligation and the reinforced green pass obligation in the workplace, among the over 50s the number of new vaccinated at the weekly level still drops, reaching 47,951, equal to -41.6% compared to the previous week.
“I think already from the month of March we can expect a loosening of the Green pass, gradual, starting perhaps obviously from the outdoor places”, after which it could “extend the easing to other measures. It seems to me that the choice to remove the masks outdoors also goes in this direction”. So to Agora on Rai 3, the undersecretary of Health Andrea Coast. “There is no doubt”, he added, that the Green pass”will be eased, with the usual gradualness with which the government has introduced a series and restrictive measures, we will also move towards their easing”. “On the one hand, the data every day tell us that there is a decline in infections, hospitalizations and all indicators; on the other, vaccinations are continuing, so it is reasonable to think that the state of emergency will not be renewed” on March 31. the undersecretary says again. On the vaccination coverage of the population, Costa specified: “we have 48 million Italians who have been vaccinated and 35 million who have received the booster, so we still have about 12 million who must receive the third dose. If we proceed with this pace, it means in a month to complete it”. “Today the ordinance that provided for the closure of Discos will not be renewed, this means that from tomorrow they will reopen. Even in the stadiums there has been an increase in capacity” to 75%, “and I think we can get to 100%. I think the league will end with full stadiums“.