Belluno, infections from Covid are on the rise

768 new cases registered in one week. Six Covid-positive patients have died in hospitals. Forty-eight people currently hospitalized, two are in intensive care

BELLUNO. Cases of contagion from Covid are also on the rise in the province. As is happening in Veneto, Italy and other parts of Europe, data in the Belluno area also speak of an increase in cases, albeit to a lesser extent than the national trend. That the virus is still dangerous is shown by the six deaths recorded last week in the hospital. Four women aged 78, 80, 83 and 89 and two men aged 89 and 90 lost the battle with the virus. To date, there are 48 inpatients: 2 in intensive care, 30 in non-critical areas and 16 in community hospitals. There are 14.90 Belluno citizens currently positive.

Last week, 768 new Covid cases were detected (+48 compared to the previous one), with a consequent weekly incidence rate of 385 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. A rising number, but much lower than the national incidence (575 per 100 thousand inhabitants). The people of Belluno between 45 and 65 years of age are most affected, followed by those between 25 and 44 years of age. There are only five municipalities where no new infections were recorded from 7 to 13 March: Zoppè di Cadore, Gosaldo, Colle Santa Lucia, Vallada Agordina and Lorenzago. There are two realities with more than 2 thousand new cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (Perarolo and Danta), nine with an incidence ranging from 500 to a thousand (Cesiomaggiore, Limana, Sedico, Ponte nelle Alpi, Taibon, Agordo, Vigo, Selva, San Peter); Borgo Valbelluna, Cadore and Comelico are distinguished by an incidence between 251 to 500 new cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, while there are six realities with few cases (from 1 to 125 per hundred thousand inhabitants): Canale, Cencenighe, La Valle Agordina, Val di Zoldo, Borca and Chies d’Alpago.

In one week, the Ulss 1 teams performed 10,025 swabs (2,809 molecular and 7,216 antigenic) in addition to the 4,980 antigenic tests performed by pharmacies, 128 by pediatricians and 136 by general practitioners. On average, 1,600 swabs per 100,000 inhabitants are performed every day. Therapies Ten treatments with monoclonals administered by the Infectious Diseases Department of Belluno, for a total of 353 overall doses. Treatments with antiviral drugs rise to 50.