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Contagions almost doubled “The RT has now risen to 1.72”

The spread of the coronavirus in our country is rapidor worsening. This is at least what is described in the latest report released by the Ministry of Health, which takes into consideration the week from 26 October to 1 November.

Rapid deterioration approaching scenario 4

Enough to come dangerously close to a type 4 scenario. That is, to that of the lockout, which could therefore lead to a national lockdown. This was revealed by the latest report released by the control room of the Ministry of Health. While waiting for the vaccine to arrive, all we can do is continue to ask the population to be responsible and follow the rules. As reported by the Courier service, there are basically two numbers that give an idea of ​​the observed week, that from 26 October to 1 November. The first is that ofRt, the virus transmissibility index, which in Italy has reached 1.7, this means that each infected person can transmit the virus to about 2 people. The second important number is that of the infected: 523,74 every 100 thousand inhabitants. Almost doubled since the last report. [[ 1899776]]

As stated in the monitoring of the Ministry of Health: “The epidemic in Italy is rapidly worsening. In most of the national territory it is compatible with a type 3 scenario but the number of Regions and autonomous provinces where the transmission speed is already compatible with a scenario 4 is increasing. The situation described in this report highlights strong criticalities of the territorial services and the current or imminent achievement of the critical occupancy thresholds for hospital services “.

There are 11 high-risk regions

There would be 11 Italian regions with a high risk of uncontrolled and unmanageable transmissibility. Even if they are not directly mentioned, they are those belonging to the red zone, to the orange one, or that will soon fall into these two bands. The ten remaining regions are considered instead “Moderate risk with a likelihood of progressing to high risk in the next month”. The government will now publish data for monitoring the progress of the epidemiological situation in Italy. As foreseen in the text of the Ristori bis decree. Article 31 provides for the “publication of the results of the monitoring of data concerning the epidemiological emergency from Covid-19. Therefore, it engages the Ministry of Health, on a weekly basis a “publish the results of the monitoring of epidemiological data on its institutional website and communicate to the presidents of the Chamber and Senate”.

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