The descent continues, even if it is a little less steep than last week. The new coronavirus infections between May 9 and yesterday were 256,447, which is 12% less than the previous seven days, when it had dropped by 20%. Omicron is still responsible for the cases, which are about half of what they were two months ago. As for tampons, it dropped from 2 million to 1.7.
The Regions: only Lombardy is stable, the others are decreasing
The numbers are decreasing in all regions except the largest, Lombardy, where they are practically stable. In fact, it has gone from 37,133 to 37,809 cases (+676, + 1.8%). Here are the data of the others. There Sicily passes from 20,272 to 15,647 cases (-4,625, -22.8%), the Calabria from 10,294 to 8,193 (-2,101, -20.4%), la Puglia from 21,975 to 17,494 (-4,481 -20.3%), la Basilicata from 3,408 to 2,751 (-657, -19.2%), la Liguria from 7,277 to 6,038 (-1,239, -17%), the Veneto and 28.877 and 24.417 (-4.460, -15.4%), respectively Marche from 9,391 to 7,970 (-1,421, -15.1%), la Campania of 33.861 and 28.746 (-5.115, -15.1%), l ‘Abruzzo from 10,446 to 8,983 (-1,463, -14%), on Molise and 1.983 and 1.749 (-234, -11.8%), respectively.Umbria from 5,487 to 4,855 (-632, -11.5%), on Friuli Venezia Giulia from 5,053 to 4,536 (-517, -10.2%), on Piedmont from 16,687 to 15,038 (-1,649, -9.8%), la Tuscany of 16,076 and 14,489 (-1.587, -9.8%), respectively.Emilia Romagna from 23,151 to 20,966 (-2,185, -9.4%), la Sardinia from 9,136 to 8,293 (-843, -9.2%), on Lazio from 26,353 to 24,082 (-2,271, -8.6%), the Province of Trento from 2,035 to 1,866 (-169, -8.3%), la Valle d’Aosta from 464 to 440 (-24, -5.1%), the Province of Bolzano and 2.165 and 2.085 (-80, -3.6%).
Healthcare, for gastroscopies and resonances you can wait up to 8 months: here are the waiting lists in six hospitals in Milan
by Alessandra Corica
15 Maggio 2022
Less than 8,000 beds occupied in hospitals
The patients admitted to the ordinary and intensive Covid beds of hospitals yesterday were 7,879 against 9,011 on Sunday 8 May. The drop was therefore very important, of 12.5%, and more than 10% last week. It was since December of last year, five months ago, that the commitment of the hospitals was so small. As for intensive therapies alone, the descent is slower, also because the absolute numbers are low. Yesterday the hospitalized were 347 against 356 last week. In this case the reduction was 2.5%. As for resuscitations, the numbers are as high as they were in October 2021.
Plane masks, what changes from May 16 in Italy and Europe
by Viola Giannoli
13 Maggio 2022
Deaths down by 14%
Yesterday the number of deaths from Covid reached 165,244 against the 164,489 of last Sunday. It means that 755 people lost their lives in one week, that is 122 fewer than the previous week -14%). There had been no such decline in some time (the last one was 5%). However, the daily deaths on average remain more than 100 per day.