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Coronavirus Lombardy, today 1844 new infections: in Milan city 504 positive for Covid

Data on coronavirus infections worsen significantly in Lombardy, and now maximum alert on Milano. The new infections throughout the Region – already the most affected by the first wave of the pandemic – there are 1,884. Of these, 1,032 in the Province of Milan: 504 in the Lombard capital alone.

From the numbers emerges a sharply rising epidemic curve. Of the 1,844 new positives, 189 are weakly positive and 13 were detected following serological testing. The healed / discharged are 865, bringing the total to 84,415, of which 1,522 discharged and 82,893 recovered.

There are 2 new ICU admissions, which bring the total to 64. If all 150 beds provided in the various hubs were to be filled, the coordinator of the Crisis Unit of the Region Antonio Pesenti explained today, the Fiera di Milano hospital could be reopened. In Lombardy, until 11 October, the saturation rate of these crucial services it was 5.6 per cent (during the first wave it touched 122 percent).

There are 645, 99 more inmates not in intensive care than yesterday.

I swabs made are 29,048: the rate of positivity (new cases / swabs) of 6.3 percent.

I 17 are dead plus for a total of 17,011.

The new cases by province: Milan: 1,032, of which 504 in Milan city; Bergamo: 46; Brescia: 81; Como: 67; Cremona: 30; Lecco: 29; Praise: 23; Mantua: 42; Monza and Brianza: 150; Pavia: 101; Sondrio: 14; Varese: 110.

To disseminate the data the Lombardy Region, which recalls: The increase in positive cases, in Lombardy as in other regions, it must always be related to the number of swabs performed. Without ever forgetting that, if we think in terms of absolute comparisons, the number of inhabitants of Lombardy is 1/6 of the national population. The Region underlines – in other words – how today’s positive rate (6.3%) is very similar to yesterday’s (6.2%).

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The massive tracking activity in just one day made it possible to identify a very high number of positive cases (1,706 outcomes yesterday and 138 referred to the previous days, but uploaded today by the network of laboratories). More than half of the positives are recorded in the province of Milan. Says the general director of Welfare of the Lombardy Region, Marco Trivelli. 92% of the positives – explains Trivelli – have few or no symptoms. However, on the basis of these absolute numbers, the patients admitted to the wards of our hospitals increase by 99 units, while the balance of patients in intensive care (64 overall) remains low (two more than yesterday). Faced with these developments – underlines the general manager – together with the general managers of the Ats, Asst and Irccs of Lombardy, and with the representatives of the trade associations of accredited private hospitals, we are working to have a rapid increase in the availability of beds dedicated to Covid patients, in line with the regional plan.

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14 October 2020 | 16:03

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