Rome, 18 June 2022 – The attention on the Covid bulletin with the rise of contagion recorded in the last week: even today they are counted today they are counted 34,978 new cases, figure in line with yesterday’s, when the new positives were just over 35 thousand.
A summer wave that at the moment does not worry experts given the tightness of the hospitals but still requires caution. Pushing the epidemic is the new Omicron 5 variant, considered more widespread than the previous ones, together with the decreased containment measures. In Lazio there have been over 5 thousand cases in the last 24 hours, almost 4,500 in Veneto, 3,800 in Campania, over 3 thousand in Emilia Romagna. Apulia is also above 2 thousand, while Tuscany stops at 1900.
Covid Bulletin June 17
Reinfections and vaccine, the latest data
The reinfections: the ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring shows that in the last week the percentage of reinfections on the total reported cases was 7.4%, an increase compared to the previous week when they were 6.3%. Unvaccinated people, women, health professionals and those who have been vaccinated for more than 120 days are at higher risk. The Higher Institute of Health reports further evidence onefficacy of anti Covid vaccines in preventing severe disease, efficacy which in the prevalence period of Omicron (from January 2022) is estimated to be 69% in vaccinated with a full course of less than 90 days, 68% with a full course of 91 and 120 days, and 71% in those who have completed the vaccination cycle for over 120 days, to reach 87% in vaccinated with boosters. Vaccination prevents contagion in 41% of cases within 90 days of completing the vaccination course, in 46% beyond 120 days of completing the course or equal to 55% with the booster dose.