The day of the debut of the mandatory Green Pass is a record number of swabs: 506,000 in one day and the data reveals those performed yesterday, which today could even exceed the 600,000 mark given the trend reported in various regions. Despite the boom in tests, infections do not rise, if not slightly, going from 2,668 to 2,732, with the positivity rate falling from 0.8 to 0.5%. However, there are another 42 deaths while there are 2 fewer hospitalized in intensive care units and 34 fewer in medical departments.
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There are 203 infections in Piedmont, 5 more than yesterday while the positivity rate gains two decimal places and rises to 4%. In Lombardy, the new positives went from 273 to 288 while the deaths are 4 against 10 yesterday.
Covid cases in Veneto have been a stable trend for days. In the last 24 hours there have been 342 new infections (yesterday they were 334), while no victims are recorded. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the number of infected people has risen to 474,038, while that of deaths remains at 11,800. The bulletin of the Region reports it. The people currently positive and in isolation are 9,068 (+60). The pressure on hospitals continues to drop: 182 places are occupied in the non-critical area (-8), and 33 in intensive care (-4).
There are 198 infections in Emilia Romagna, just two more than yesterday, where the positivity rate rises from 1.4 to 1.8%.
Still dead from Covid in Tuscany: there have been three more in the last 24 hours according to the usual report of the Region which, moreover, detects 230 new cases (average age 42 years), only one more than yesterday. The current positives are today 5,478 (-1% on yesterday). Among them the hospitalized are 216 (+7 people on yesterday, + 3.3%) of which 22 in intensive care (-1 person equal to -4.3%). Other 5,262 positives are in isolation at home “because they have mild symptoms that do not require hospital treatment, or are symptom-free” (-63 people on yesterday equal to -1.2%).
Infections in Lazio rise from 275 to 348 where the positivity rate remains at 2.2% while there are another 7 deaths after yesterday’s 3. The contagion index drops in Campania. In the last 24 hours there are 279 positive cases at Covid, just one less than yesterday, when the index was 2.1%, while today it stands at 1.23%. Three deaths, like yesterday. In hospitals, the situation in intensive care units remains almost unchanged with 16 hospitalizations (-1), while hospitalizations in hospitalization increase to 189 (+17). Today in Puglia there are 102 new cases of Coronavirus against 93 yesterday (0.44% positive) and 2 deaths.
Almost all of Northern Italy, with the exception of Veneto, Emilia Romagna and the province of Bolzano, is in green in the updated map on the incidence of Covid in Europe, edited by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Ecdc) . In Italy, but also in France and Spain, the areas with a low incidence of new infections are increasingly numerous. All of Germany remains in red. The regions where the situation is more serious, on the other hand, are found in Slovenia, Romania, the southern part of Bulgaria and the Baltic republics. Romania and Bulgaria are the EU countries with the lowest vaccination rates.
On the first day of the mandatory green pass for black workplaces and farewell to smart working for many public employees, there are strikes in companies, protests in ports and inconvenience in transport. But no blockages. The no pass protest does not stop Italy. On the first day of the Green pass obligation for those who work, however, the sickness certificates increase. At 12 noon, INPS data for public and private sectors recorded an increase of 23.3% compared to last Friday. The buffer system on the first day of the Green pass at the moment is holding: at 1 pm about 200 thousand were carried out, against 100 thousand yesterday “, says Renato Brunetta, Minister for Public Administration, in a note in the meantime.
In small tertiary businesses and tourism, the percentage of employees who do not have a green pass, on the other hand, is below 5%. This is what emerges from a survey conducted by Confesercenti with SWG on a sample of 500 SME owners with employees. “78% of entrepreneurs confirmed that they had checked – as per guidelines – the certificate already during the week, while the remaining 22% did it today – informs a note from Confesercenti – Seven out of 10 owners have checked the employee pass, while the remaining 30% delegated to another employee ». As for employees without a certificate, «only 20% of companies think of a replacement, a figure that leads us to believe that the risks of business interruption are at minimal levels. The majority of entrepreneurs believe that it is a positive measure that guarantees greater safety in the workplace – concludes Confesercenti – but there is also a share of interviewees who underline the negative impact of the greater organizational and economic burdens due to the control of the pass in the company. “.
But the green pass effect after days of tiredness continues to be felt also on the vaccine front. In the last week, 1,208,156 doses of the anti-Covid vaccine have been injected. The figure is up by 127,657 compared to the previous week, when 1,080,499 were administered. This is what emerges from the weekly report of the structure of Commissioner Francesco Figliuolo.
On the other hand, there are 7,958,368 Italians over 12 still without any dose of anti-Covid vaccine. Compared to a week ago, about 400 thousand first administrations have been registered. The over 50s without coverage against Coronavirus are 2,868,666, equal to 10.3% of the total population of this age group.
In the meantime, Federfarma has invited pharmacies to offer the swab free of charge to those who agree to book the administration of the vaccine, as “further encouragement to immunize themselves against Covid”. To “accelerate the expansion of the vaccination coverage of the population”, the association has in fact “invited the associated pharmacies that guarantee the vaccination service to propose to citizens who ask for a quick antigenic swab to undergo the vaccination, booking it at the same time”.
