It is the young and the very young who are driving the recovery of infections in Italy. In the last week, one out of four cases concerns people under 20, and in the face of an increase in the incidence in all age groups, the one that shows the greatest increase is under 12 years, i.e. the group that is still not vaccinable. . The National Institute of Health notes this in the extended updated report on Covid published today.
«In the last week – reads the report – there is an increase in the incidence in all age groups; in particular in the population under the age of 12, currently not eligible for vaccination, the incidence is higher than in other age groups “.
In detail, in the 0-19 year old population «in the last three weeks the weekly percentage distribution of diagnosed cases by age group is stable. 47% of cases were diagnosed in the age group 6-11 years, 33% in the age group 12-19 and only 13% and 7% were diagnosed, respectively between 3 and 5 years and under 3 years In total, in the last week, 24% of cases were diagnosed in the population under the age of 20 ».
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