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Coronavirus today. Merkel: vaccine possible before Christmas, it will go to health personnel. In Germany 22,268 new infections and 389 deaths

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Gimbe Foundation: new cases slow down but pressure on hospitals remains high

The Covid-19 epidemic slows down, but the pressure on hospitals is still high as well as the number of deaths. This was reported by the weekly bulletin of the Gimbe Foundation. The monitoring confirms in the week 18-24 November, compared to the previous one, a reduction in new cases (216.950 against 242.609), against a reduction in the cases tested (778.765 against 854.626) and a very slight decrease in the positive / tested cases ratio ( 27.9% versus 28.4%). Currently positive cases are growing by 8.8% and, on the hospital front, the increase in hospitalizations with symptoms (34.577 against 33.074) and in intensive care (3.816 against 3.612) is slowing down, while deaths are still increasing (4.842) against 4,134).

“The effects of the containment measures – explains Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Foundation – also begin to manifest themselves on the curves of hospitalizations and intensive care, which tend to take on the appearance of a plateau rather than a peak similar to that recorded in the first wave . It will therefore take much longer to relieve the pressure in hospitals than last spring, because the extent of the current containment measures is significantly lower than the total lockdown ”.

Moreover, Cartabellotta always reports, if the employment threshold for Covid patients of 40% defined by the Ministry of Health in medical departments has been exceeded in 15 Regions and that of 30% in intensive care in 16 in Regions with very high employment rates. higher, “Covid patients are progressively cannibalizing the beds in other departments, limiting the possibility of treating patients with other pathologies and leading to the postponement of non-urgent services, including surgical interventions”.

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