With the exception of Sardinia in yellow, all of Italy would be in white today, were it not for the fact that to change the color the best parameters must be “kept” for two consecutive weeks. In the meantime, however, with the values reported by the weekly monitoring by the ISS, at the examination this morning in the control room, Abruzzo, Molise, Piedmont, Pa Trento, Puglia and Sicily should pass in the white zone, although the colors may still mean, since the differences from white to orange are now completely marginal. But Italy that is bleaching is still yet another sign that the worst, for now, is now behind us. As shown by the weekly incidence of cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, which drops from 552 to 433. But the Rt from 0.73 rises slightly, but rises to 0.75. A jolt combined with the increase in cases and in the positivity rates yesterday to be monitored carefully in the coming days.
The reduction of new cases of Covid-19 in Italy continues for the fifth week in a row. From 23 February to 1 March they were 275,376 compared to 349,122 the previous week, equal to -21.1%. Deaths also fell, which were 1,488 compared to 1,828 in the week of February 16-22, equal to -18.6%. In all Regions there is a percentage reduction in new cases: from -2.5% in Calabria to -34.1% in Sardinia. In the same period of time, however, there was a further decrease of 12.7% in tampons, which went from 3.3 million to 2.9 million. In particular, in one week, rapid swabs were reduced by 13.3% (-330.453) and molecular ones by 10.7% (-87.943). The 7-day moving average of the positivity rate of molecular swabs goes from 11.1% to 9%, while for the rapid antigenic ones from 10.4% to 9.8%. The provinces with incidence exceeding 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants drop to 42, and are: Reggio di Calabria (1,035), Messina (896), Vibo Valentia (860), Lecce (848), Syracuse (814), Fermo (804) , Oristano (790), Ascoli Piceno (724), Ragusa (705), Macerata (701), Teramo (700), Palermo (679), Rieti (669), Agrigento (666), Enna (653), Siena (651 ), Crotone (642), Ancona (641), Bolzano (626), Arezzo (620), L’Aquila (600), Potenza (596), Matera (595), Latina (590), Caltanissetta (586), Terni (586), Campobasso (586), Venice (585), Foggia (580), Grosseto (578), Chieti (576), Perugia (571), Lucca (568), Trapani (568), Padua (553), Frosinone (552), Rome (539), Livorno (537), breaking latest news (536), Isernia (533), South Sardinia (521) and Taranto (508).
The pressure on hospitals continues to drop, with the occupancy rate of beds falling from 18.5% to 14.7% in medical departments, while in intensive care it goes from 8.4% to 6.6% of beds occupied by Covid patients. In detail, currently, the percentage of beds in intensive care occupied by patients with Covid is growing daily in 4 regions or autonomous provinces: Molise (8%), Pa Trento (6%), Sardinia (14%) and Tuscany (10%). And it drops in as many: Abruzzo (7%), Lazio (11%), Marche (8%), Umbria (6%). The employment rate of the intensive is, on the other hand, stable in 13: Basilicata (4%), Calabria (8%), Campania (6%), Emilia Romagna (7%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (9%), Liguria (8 %), Lombardy (5%), Pa Bolzano (1%), Piedmont (6%), Puglia (7%), Sicily (8%), Valle d’Aosta (9%) and Veneto (5%).
As for the occupation of beds in medical departments (called `non-critical ‘) by patients with Covid-19, on a daily basis, the percentage grows only in Molise (16%) and Sardinia (20%) , while it falls in 12 regions: Abruzzo (24%), Emilia Romagna (14%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (15%), Lazio (20%), Liguria (18%), Lombardy (9%), Marche (17 %), Piedmont (12%), Sicily (27%), Tuscany (15%), Umbria (22%), Valle d’Aosta (11%). Finally, the rate is stable in 7: Basilicata (25%), Calabria (25%), Campania (16%), Bolzano (14%), Trento (9%), Puglia (20%) and Veneto (9%).