In RSA residential facilities, the first effects of Covid-19 vaccinations are beginning to be seen, with a decline in both the incidence of the disease and deaths. This is demonstrated by the second edition of the surveillance report on the structures produced by the Higher Institute of Health). The incidence, in the last week of February and in the first weeks of March, reaches values that are comparable to or lower than those of the first week of October (0,6%), in contrast to the general trend of the epidemic. A decline in deaths is observed between the end of January and March 2021, reaching it 0,6% of residents of RSA for non self-sufficient elderly people.
Declining incidence
The first positive data concerns the incidence of cases: the weekly incidence of Covid-19 in residential structures increased markedly in the months of October and November, in correspondence with the second epidemic wave, and in the month of november 2020 reached a peak of 3,2% in residential facilities for the elderly and del 3,1% in all residential structures, in line with what was observed in the general population.
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On the other hand, the incidence decreases after the start of the vaccination campaign: inlast week of February and in first weeks of March values overlapping or lower than those recorded in the first week of October are reached (0,6% in residential facilities for the elderly and del 0,5% in all residential facilities in the week from 8 March to 14 March 2021). Data in contrast with the trend of the epidemic in the general population which showed a resurgence in the last weeks of February and early March.
Drop of deaths
As for deaths, they appear to increase in the month of October 2020, until reaching a peak in the week from 9 al November 15, with about the1,3% of residents of non self-sufficient elderly care facilities and the 0,9% for all structures. An equivalent peak is recorded in the first week of January. A decline in the number of overall deaths is observed between the end of January e March 2021, until you reach the 0,6% of residents of non self-sufficient elderly care facilities and the 0,4% per all structures in the week from 15 to 21 February 2021. In the last week of monitoring, from 8 to 14 March, the death rate was 0,8% of residents of non self-sufficient elderly care facilities and the 0,5% for all structures.
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The surveillance report was produced in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the National Guarantor for the rights of persons deprived of personal liberty and Ars Toscana. 833 residential nursing homes participated in the surveillance, for a total of 30,617 beds available from 5 October 2020 to 14 March 2021. Of these, 345 were residential structures for non self-sufficient elderly, for a total of 15,398 beds.