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The Region with the highest daily number of cases is Lombardy (257), followed by Veneto (173), Emilia-Romagna (152), Lazio (148) and Tuscany (147). There are no Regions without infections in the last 24 hours. There are currently 175 patients in intensive care throughout Italy while hospitalizations in other Covid departments are 1,849 (+13 compared to yesterday). The healed are a total of 212,432, 547 more in the last 24 hours.
In Lombardy 257 infections Lombardy remains the Region with the most cases (257) in the last 24 hours of which 33 “weakly positive” and 12 following serological tests. The swabs carried out were 17,986. The number of hospitalized patients both in intensive care: 27 (-3) and in the ward 246 (-10) is decreasing. There are 4 deaths in the Region for a total of 16,896. In Milan and its province there are 78 new positives, of which 42 in the city alone.
Iss, 2,280 active outbreaks in Italy, 691 new – “During the monitoring week, a total of 2,280 active outbreaks were reported, of which 691 new (the definition adopted of outbreak provides for the identification of 2 or more positive cases linked to each other), both increasing for the sixth consecutive week (in the previous week of monitoring had been reported 1,799 active outbreaks of which 649 new). This entails an increasing commitment of the local services in the activities of finding contacts that have so far managed to contain the local transmission of the virus “.
Report Iss, indice Rt a 1.14 – According to experts, “starting from June, probably due to the reopening of 4 and 18 May and 3 June, a slight but steady increase in the national transmission index (Rt) was noted at national level, which exceeded the threshold of 1 around 16 August 2020. In the period 20 August – 2 September 2020, the RT calculated on symptomatic cases is equal to 1.14 “. “However, the national transmission index must be interpreted with caution at this particular moment of the epidemic. Indeed, Rt calculated on symptomatic cases, while remaining the most reliable indicator at a regional level and comparable over time for monitoring transmissibility, could slightly underestimate the real transmission of the virus at a national level. Therefore, the national RT must always be interpreted taking into account the incidence data “, he specifies.
Trento, Sardinia and Puglia with higher Rt values – There are 5 regions plus the autonomous province of Trento that exceed the threshold of 1 for the transmissibility index, as indicated in the latest monitoring by the Ministry of Health and the ISS. Trento records the highest value with 1.58, followed by Sardinia with 1.41, Puglia 1.21, Liguria with 1.13 and Friuli and Abruzzo both with 1.02. The lowest value is recorded in Molise (0.27), followed by Lazio with 0.52. Last week there were four regions beyond the value above 1, Abruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Puglia and Tuscany.
Iss: increase in new cases for sixth consecutive week – New cases reported in Italy for the sixth consecutive week are on the rise with a cumulative incidence in the last 14 days (period 24 / 8-6 / 9) of 27.89 per 100 thousand inhabitants, an increase compared to the period from 6 to 19 July. Most of the cases continue to be contracted on the national territory (15% of the new cases diagnosed in the monitoring week are imported from a foreign country). In particular, there is a non-negligible percentage of cases imported from other regions and provinces (11.1% in the current week, down from the previous week).
Iss: “Signs greater transmission in the family” – “There are now signs of greater transmission on the national territory in the home / family with circulation also in people with more advanced age”. It can be read in the coronavirus report by the Ministry of Health and the Higher Institute of Health. “The dynamics of transmission – it is emphasized – remain extremely fluid: the effects of outbreaks associated with recreational activities both on the national territory and abroad already observed in the previous weeks are continued to be observed, with a further increase in family / domestic transmission “.
Admission rates and intensive care rooms – “Compared to the previous two weeks of monitoring (from 17 to 30 August 2020), an increase in the occupancy rate of dedicated beds both in the medical area and in intensive care is observed in almost all regions. Nationally, the rate of employment in the medical area increased from 1 to 2% while the employment rate in intensive care from 2% to 3%, with values exceeding 5% for some regions. Although, no signs of overload of health services have yet been identified assistance, the trend observed could be reflected in a short time in a greater commitment “. It reads in the report.
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