The virus now affects the youngest, almost half of the new cases are under 24

The age of new coronavirus infections continues to drop. Last week, from 10 to 16 August, the under 24 who appeared on the Covid platform were 80 out of 208 new cases registered, 38 percent. The figure is not surprising, as no one will be surprised at the end of next week if the report for this week, from 17 to 23 August, shows a further increase in the percentage of very young infected. Mostly asymptomatic, but not for this reason not dangerous for the spread of the virus. If you are looking for confirmation of the official numbers, the photograph taken yesterday morning in front of the Amedeo di Savoia hospital (450 swabs yesterday in the six stations set up in the courtyard) tells very well that the boys are the most affected by this second wave of epidemic. In fact, yesterday morning there were no teenagers who arrived in Corso Svizzera directly from the train or bus station, with trolleys in tow and backpacks on their shoulders. “It is useless to go into quarantine and then book for the test – they explain – we might as well speed up, swab immediately and then shut up at home waiting for the results. So in two or three days, unless the bad news arrives, isolation ends and you can go back to go out with friends “.

On the opposite front, that of the over 80s, the numbers are definitely down compared to the tragic months of the onset of the pandemic and the thousand outbreaks in the RSA of Piedmont. In the last week, only 10 seniors who are over 80 have been affected by Covid.

The first results from the tests carried out at the infectious disease hospital and at Sandro Pertini airport on tourists returning from Malta, Greece, Croatia and Spain show a very low incidence of contagion. Out of the 129 swabs performed in Caselle on Thursday, only one person tested positive and on the Covid platform a single positive case emerged from the 600 swabs already processed out of the 800 performed with direct access to the hospital dedicated to infectious diseases. If the trend is confirmed, the price of returns in terms of contagion for our Region will not be as heavy as initially feared.

The alert for import cases remains high. Foreign workers who enter Piedmont for the harvest are also a source of concern. Yesterday, the president of the Region Alberto Cirio wrote a letter to the mayors and prefects to ask for the intensification of controls by the countries under observation, in particular those of Eastern Europe: “We need the utmost cooperation on the part of all to monitor, prevent and quickly identify any positive cases – explains the governor – collaborating and exchanging information also with cooperatives and with all those involved “.

The latest report released on Friday by the ministry of health does not create alarms for Piedmont. If imported cases are excluded, there is no trend towards a significant increase in new cases compared to the previous week. Zero warnings, therefore. The outbreaks, 14 currently, are under control. The risk level fell from “moderate” to “low” and the RT, the transmissibility index, dropped to 0.73 after rising above the 1 mark in the past few weeks.
Yesterday’s bulletin still indicates a death from Covid and 41 new cases, of which 28 asymptomatic and 23 imported. The total since the beginning of the epidemic rises to 32. 301. Coronavirus deaths are now 4,143. Four people are hospitalized in intensive care, while the general number of hospitalizations is decreasing, currently 80. There are 947 people in home isolation.

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