Returns to go down even if slightly the Rt. The value that calculates the trend of infections, detected by the control room of the Ministry of Health and Higher Institute of Health is 1.34, against 1.40 last week. The incidence, that is the number of weekly cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, is still rising. In fact, it goes from 1,071 cases to 1,158. The increase is small, by 8%.
The data shows that Omicron 5’s summer wave curve is settling and should begin to decline shortly. However, there are still many cases. The Region with the highest incidence is Abruzzo (1,546 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), followed by Campania (1,540 cases), Umbria (1,454) and Puglia (1,421)