The value of the national RT stabilizes and, compared to 1.57 last week, stops at 1.56, while, according to what we learn, The incidence calculated yesterday continues to grow by 10 points, passing from 58 cases per 100,000 inhabitants to 68. The two values that mark the replicability of the infection and the circulation of the virus, key indicators for decisions on containment measures, together with the occupancy values of the hospital wards, are now being examined by the control room and will be presented today.
The 21 Italian regions and autonomous provinces are all at moderate risk according to the monitoring of the ISS-Ministry of Health on the trend of Covid in Italy. According to what is learned, there are 16 regions that report resilience alerts but none report multiple resilience alerts that could trigger a worsening of the risk condition.
No Region or Autonomous Province this week, according to what is learned, the critical threshold for occupancy of beds for Covid patients in intensive care or medical area. However, according to the monitoring of the ISS-Ministry of Health under examination by the control room, the intensive employment rate is slightly increasing, to 3%, with the number of inpatients going from 189 (27/07/2021) to 258 (03/08/2021). The employment rate in medical areas at the national level instead increased to 4% and the number of hospitalized patients went from 1,611 (27/07/2021) to 2,196 (03/08/2021).
The delta variant of the SarsCoV2 virus is now largely prevalent in Italy, according to what has been learned, the monitoring of the ISS-Ministry of Health notes. Delta is dominant in the European Union and is associated with an increase in the number of new cases of infection also in other countries with high vaccination coverage. To prevent further spread, it is noted, the completion of vaccination cycles is essential, in addition to a capillary tracking and containment of cases, maintaining high attention and applying precautionary measures and behaviors.