Outbreaks among young people in Italy are alarming. Several regions are involved in a tracing operation of cases born among children on vacation, in a village in Manfredonia. Outbreak also in Rome after an outdoor event, 30 positive guys. Cluster of students in Malta, 70 Italian children blocked.
Meanwhile, they are 1,390 test positives identified in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. On Thursday there were 1,394. Instead, there are 25 victims in one day, while yesterday there were 13. There are 196,922 molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy. There were 174,852 on Thursday. The positivity rate is 0.7%, down slightly from 0.8% yesterday.
The circulation of the Delta variant is increasing in Italy and in addition to the tracking of cases and the completion of vaccination cycles, it is necessary to comply with the necessary measures to avoid an increase in viral circulation. This can be read in the draft of the Iss-Ministry of Health weekly monitoring on the progress of coronavirus infections in Italy, now being examined in the control room. The vaccine against Covid-19, if the two planned doses are completed, is approximately 80% effective in protecting against infection and up to 100% in protecting against the more serious effects of the disease. for all age groups. This is demonstrated by the data processed by the National Institute of Health from the National Vaccine Registry and the integrated surveillance of cases of Sars-CoV-2 virus infection relating to the period between 21 June and 4 July. The median age of new Covid cases in Italy is 31 years, hospitalized 52, 63 years for intensive care and 78 the median age of mortality: the president of the ISS Silvio Brusaferro reported during the press conference for the presentation of the Iss-Ministry of Health weekly monitoring.
“These data, which confirm those of several international studies, show that the vaccines we have are extremely effective in preventing severe forms of the disease, if the vaccination cycle is completed, while they have a good effectiveness in preventing infections”, he added. Brusaferro compared to the new data processed by the ISS and coming from the national vaccine registry and integrated surveillance, which show how the two doses of the anti-Covid vaccine are up to 80% effective in protecting against infection and up to 100% in protecting protect against the most serious effects of the disease, for all age groups. It is therefore necessary, adds Brusaferro, “to accelerate the vaccination campaign as much as possible, and at the same time to maintain the distancing and protection measures indicated by the experts until sufficient coverage is achieved”.
Among the regions to register the greatest daily increase of cases was the Lombardy (230), followed by Campania (226), Sicily (201), Lazio (135) and Veneto (106). According to ISS monitoring, there are 6 regions and two autonomous provinces classified at moderate risk: they are Abruzzo, Campania, Marche, Veneto, Sardinia and Sicily with the two provinces of Trento and Bolzano; instead, 13 regions are considered to be at low risk. In none, it is noted in the monitoring, the critical threshold of occupancy of the beds in the intensive care or medical area is exceeded. The employment rate in intensive care is 2%: the number of hospitalized patients goes from 240 (29/06/2021) to 187 (06/07/2021). Employment in medical areas drops further (2%) and hospitalized patients go from 1,676 (29/06/2021) to 1,271 (06/07/2021).
“Eleven regions or autonomous provinces see cases on the rise in the last 7 days”, you can read on the slides illustrated by Brusaferro. As for the Italian epidemiological situation, he explained, “the curve of cases travels at low levels and is decreasing but the data must be read by comparing it with that of the previous week: last week there was a decrease it had stopped, now we see more regions that have started a slight regrowth “.
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