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The number of infected in Italy in one day has exceeded 7,000, the highest since the epidemic began to spread in the country on February 20. The number of cases increased most rapidly in Milan, according to the Health Ministry on Wednesday night.
On Tuesday, the Italian government will announce a further tightening of the coronavirus epidemic.
After announcing the new data, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that a sharp rise in the epidemic curve was expected and that the government was following the situation with “concern”.
We need to stop growth, that is why we have introduced new restrictive measures, everyone must behave responsibly, we can only win together against the epidemic
Conte stated. He added that Italians should respect precautions rather than fear.
Prime Minister Andrea Crisanti responded to the previous words of a virologist from the University of Padua
at Christmas, Italy will have to close again due to the saturation of intensive care units.
The number of patients increased by 7,332 in one day compared to 5,901 on Tuesday. One week, on October 7, 3,678 infected people were examined in one day. In Italy, such a high figure was now measured for the first time in the last eight months of the epidemic: the highest number of cases was recorded on March 21, with 6,557 new infections. At the time, 26,000 tests were being performed per day, compared to more than 152,000 today. In March, new patients were screened almost exclusively in the northern part of the country and the epidemic is currently spreading across the country.
Only on Thursday 92,000 virus tests were carried out
The leaders of the intensive departments in Milan spoke of a “pre-explosion” situation.
In the last week, the number of infections screened has increased by more than one hundred percent across the country, the number of hospitalized patients has increased by thirty-nine percent, and the number of intensive care units has increased by one sixty-one percent.
On Wednesday, forty-three patients died after the previous forty-one, bringing the death toll to 36,289. More and more people are also downloading the contact search mobile app, which has already joined 8.6 million people.
The work of the Roman parliament is also hampered by the growing number of sick or quarantined deputies. Federico D’Inca, the minister without portfolio responsible for government-parliament relations, therefore proposed the introduction of remote voting.
The Minister of Education, Lucía Azzolina, has stated that the schools that reopened in mid-September will not be closed.
(Top image: People in masks near the Arch of Constantine in Rome on October 13, 2020. Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane / Reuters)
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