No region, according to what is learned, will switch to the yellow zone. This week 20 Italian regions, based on the weekly monitoring of the control room, are classified at moderate risk and one region, Calabria at low risk. Friuli-Venezia Giulia is reported to have another probability of high-risk progression.
“Europe is divided in two. The Italian parts bordering the East are starting to appear in red, which means that circulation is also increasing in our country. But it is relatively more contained growth than in other countries”. This was stated by the president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Silvio Brusaferro, in the weekly press point on the progress of the epidemic.
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Increase in cases especially among the under 12s
“In all Regions there is an increase in the circulation of the virus. We are in the third consecutive week in which the number of cases is rapidly increasing. In the last 7 days, a growth in cases is concentrated in the intermediate age groups, 30 -39 years and 40-49 years, who then have the most significant share of the unvaccinated population, and among young people where vaccination is not yet recommended. An increase in the circulation of the virus is also observed in children, especially under 12 years, “continued Brusaferro.
Prevailing delta
“The clear prevalence of the delta variant is confirmed, with greater transmissibility and increased risk of hospitalization. The delta plus variant is present in 10 regions but remains a minority”.
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“New situation, impossible to make predictions”
“The situation is completely new. We have discussed this at length with mathematical modelers, but right now it is difficult to predict possible spikes, unless you have the glass ball,” explained the director general of the Ministry’s Prevention. of health, Gianni Rezza. “Moreover – he added – we often make predictions on the growth rate that we see now. But this does not work because we do not know what the epidemiological trend will be in the coming weeks. Behavior could change, a new vaccine race could be triggered, not. we know. The mathematical models make estimates, but we do not know. In the countries that have had this increase before, we see an increase in mainly asymptomatic and paucisymptomatic cases, disproportionate to the increase in severe cases. And this is the protective effect of the vaccine “. It cannot be ruled out, he reiterated, “that cases will continue to grow, but with a limited increase in hospitalizations”.
Incidence increases but hospitals below the critical threshold
“There is a fairly clear increase in the incidence of new cases even if in terms of occupancy of hospital posts we are below the critical threshold. The Rt is quite high and this is a clear signal that the virus is circulating and that ‘is a rather high transmissibility of the infection, “Rezza stressed.
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Vaccines, stable the first doses
The trend in the administration of the first doses of the anti Covid vaccine remains stable: in the last week, 115,412 were made, about 12 thousand more than last week and about 68 thousand less than 15 days ago. The data is contained in the latest government report updated this morning which shows that over 60% of those who took the first dose are under 40 years old. Overall, 1,236,285 doses were administered in the last seven days. There are over 6.8 million (6,827,928) people over 12 who, in Italy, have not yet received the first dose of the anti-Covid vaccine. A week ago there were 7,318,750 non-immunized.
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