Leap forward for incidence and RT which this week stood at 58 and 1.57 respectively. The two values, which mark the circulation of the virus and the replicability of the infection, are over the threshold of 50×100 thousand for the first and over 1.50 for the second. Last week they stood at 41 and 1.26 respectively. Two parameters which, together with the new values launched by the government on the percentage of saturation of medical areas and intensive care areas, determine the change in the range of the regions and the related restrictions.
There are 20 – compared to 19 last week – the Regions and Autonomous Provinces classified at moderate risk and one (Molise) at low risk this week. According to what is learned, this is what the draft of the weekly monitoring of the Ministry of Health-Iss under examination by the control room shows. Seventeen regions and autonomous provinces report resilience alerts. None reports multiple resilience alerts.
No Region and Autonomous Province exceeds the critical occupancy threshold for beds in the intensive care or medical area, but hospitalizations are increasing. The intensive employment rate is stable at 2%, with a slight increase in the number of hospitalized people from 165 (20/07/2021) to 189 (27/07/2021). The employment rate in national medical areas increased to 3% from 2% last week. The number of hospitalized in these areas is increasing from 1,194 to 1,611. The draft of the monitoring notes this.
It is necessary to accelerate the times to reach a high vaccination coverage and the completion of vaccination cycles to prevent further recurrences of episodes of increased circulation of the virus supported by the variants – also notes the draft – The circulation of the Delta variant is increasing in Italy and is now prevalent. This, it is noted, has led to an increase in cases in countries with high vaccination coverage, therefore a detailed tracking and sequencing of cases is advisable.
It is the Southern Regions that have the highest hospital parameters as of 27 July. Sicily, Calabria and Campania – according to the draft of the monitoring, they have an occupancy value in the medical areas of 8%, 6.6%, and 4.9% respectively. Sicily and Sardinia but also Lazio have, in the same period, an occupancy value of intensive care of 4.7%, 4.2% and 3.7% respectively. As regards, however, the incidence per 100 thousand inhabitants in the week of 23-29 July, Sardinia, Tuscany and Lazio are the leading regions with 136.2 respectively; 94.5; and 87.5.