There are 83,555 new infections from Covid registered in Italy, according to data from the Ministry of Health. The previous day there were 24,747. The victims are 69, a slight increase compared to the 63 of the previous survey. A total of 717,400 swabs were performed, including antigenic and molecular, with the positivity rate of 11.6%, a sharp decrease compared to 24.5%. On the other hand, 237 patients are admitted to intensive care (plus 3). The daily admissions are 40. The hospitalized in the ordinary wards are 6,035 (plus 162). The currently positive are 773,450 (plus 34,599 in the last 24 hours). In total, 18 million 343 thousand 422 Italians have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic: the death toll rises to 168,234. The discharged and healed are 17 million 401 thousand 738.
Agenas, intensive occupancy rises to 3% in 24 hours
After more than three weeks of stability, the percentage of intensive care places occupied by patients with Covid-19 rises by one percentage point over 24 in Italy, returning to 3%, the same value that marked exactly one year ago. when, however, these days there was a much less contagious variant. This is what emerges from the data of the National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas) of June 27, 2022, published today.
Speranza: “They consider me a tough minister but data show that the challenge continues”
After “these 2 terrible, very difficult years”, today “it is clear to everyone that we are still in this challenge” which is the fight against Covid-19, says the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, who spoke at the 25th Anaao Assomed National Congress. “I am often told that I am a very hard minister, very rigorous, the minister who has always been very firm even in choices that have not always been exactly the simplest to make. But they were always made in full conscience, in full conviction. , in constant dialogue with our scientific community “. And, “as the numbers of these days show, we are still inside this challenge. We must not feel outside”. “We must still have an attitude of awareness, of prudence”, the minister recommended, although “in a new time – he specified – because it is objective that we are in a different phase and we have tools that we dreamed of a year ago”.
Andreoni: “In July and August the circulation will increase again”
“The trend of new cases is clear: if first 4-5 Covid positive patients arrive in the emergency room of my hospital, today I have 14 people in the emergency room. So something has happened, the numbers are high and when they are so high they also increase deaths and hospitalizations. Establishing how long it will last is not easy, but it is certainly not a wave that will be stopped by the heat and in the summer we will continue to have many cases “. So at beraking latest news Salute Massimo Andreoni, head of infectious disease at the Tor Vergata Polyclinic in Rome and scientific director of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Simit). In this resurgence of Sars-CoV-2 we see a light at the end of the tunnel, “the data on the bivalent vaccine, which could arrive soon, indicate a good immunological response against Omicron and its variants,” recalls Andreoni.
Sileri: “Waves last 40-60 days, in 2-3 weeks cases will rise”
“This wave” of Sars-CoV-2 cases, “like all those that preceded it, will last between 40 and 60 days and then it will run out. In 2 or 3 weeks the cases will begin to decrease,” as is already happening in other European countries, such as Portugal, where this wave began earlier than in Italy “. In the current phase, therefore, “we must be attentive, but without excesses of concern”. This is the reassurance of the Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileriwho spoke on the trend of Covid-19 first on ‘Morning news’ on Canale 5, then on ‘L’Italia s’è desta’ on Radio Cusano Campus.
Mastroianni: “Pressure on hospitals increases. Fourth dose, masks and antivirals to save summer”
“We expected an increase in cases which fortunately are less serious than in the previous two years. Now, however, as the number of infections among the frail and the elderly increases, hospitalizations will also rise and there will be pressure on hospital structures and will tend to increase, as we are observing. Those who still, despite being able to take the fourth dose, have not yet taken it or are thinking of postponing it, are making a mistake: the recall must be done today more than ever “. So at beraking latest news Salute Claudio Mastroianni, president of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Simit) and full professor of Infectious Diseases at the Sapienza University of Rome. “The means we have today to counter this new wave and save the summer – he adds – are: vaccines, and too many elderly people have not received the fourth dose; use masks indoors; administer antivirals to those who arrive at the hospital, because they allow us to cure the positives at home. “
Beijing and Shanghai clear new cases after 4 months
Beijing and Shanghai have cleared Covid-19 cases for the first time in four months. China’s capital and main financial hub contained the virus after a fierce struggle that resulted in millions of people in lockdowns, repeated mass tests and restrictions on daily life that have had a severe impact on every aspect of society and the economy. . On Monday, the two cities did not report new infections for the first time since February 19, the National Health Commission reported, noting that 22 local infections in all have been ascertained in the country, of which one confirmed and 21 asymptomatic.