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Empty streets in Milan, Italy (Photo: Mairo Cinquetti / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A Italy registered on Sunday (12) the lowest number of deaths in the pandemic of the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) in 24 days: 431, according to the Civil Defense balance, which brought the total number of deaths to 19,889.
Although high, this is the lowest daily figure since March 19, when the country had recorded 427 deaths. Relatively speaking, this was the smallest increase in the number of deaths since the start of the pandemic: 2.2%.
The total number of infections increased to 156,363, which means an expansion of 2.7%, against 3.2% last Saturday (11). The number of cured patients increased by 1,677 people, reaching 34,211.
As a result, the number of active cases reached 102,253, an increase of 2%. Of this total, 71,063 are in isolation at home; 27,847 patients are admitted to normal rooms; and 3,343 remain in the ICU. This is the ninth consecutive day of a decrease in the number of patients in intensive care.
“Now the trend is reliable. Combining the reduction of hospitalized patients, intensive care patients and the number of deaths, we can say that the measures [de isolamento] They are having an impact, “said pulmonologist Luca Richeldi, a member of the scientific committee that advises the government on the pandemic.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has already announced the extension of the quarantine until May 3, but some commercial activities, such as bookstores and stationeries, may reopen on April 14, with the exception of certain regions, such as Lombardy and Piedmont.
Despite this, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said Saturday that life should only return to full normalcy when there is a vaccine against the new coronavirus.
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