141 deaths and 17,012 new cases, but fewer swabs



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Covid Italia, today's newsletter October 26: 17 thousand new cases, but fewer swabs

Covid Italia, today’s newsletter, October 26, 2020. There are 17,012 new cases of coronavirus in Italy. The dead are 141. The swabs made in the last 24 hours are 124,686, compared to yesterday when 161,880 were made (-37 thousand approximately). The percentage of positives in the swabs performed is around 13.6%. The regions with the highest number of cases are Lombardy with 3,570, Tuscany with 2,171 and Campania with 1,981. Those infected currently number 236,684 (+14,443) with 11,997 hospitalized patients with symptoms (+991) and 1,284 in intensive care (+76). 222,403 patients are in home isolation, while 2,423 people have been discharged or recovered.

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Data from the Regions

Lombardy

In Lombardy today there are 3,570 new positives for coronavirus with 21,324 smears made, for a percentage equal to 16.7 percent and 17 new deaths, for a total of 17,252 since the start of the pandemic. This is what emerges from the daily report of the Region from which the continuous increase in hospitalized emerges: today there are 11 more in intensive care, for a total of 242 people, while in the Covid wards there are 2,459 patients, 133 more than Yesterday. The Lombardy region also highlights the constant number of recovered patients discharged today, + 1200 compared to yesterday.

Tuscany

In Tuscany there are today 2,171 new positive cases of coronavirus (1,776 identified in the course of screening and 395 of detection activities) out of a total of 33,461 cases registered since the beginning of the epidemic. The average age of 2,171 cases today is about 43 years (19% are under 20, 25% between 20 and 39, 32% between 40 and 59, 16% between 60 and 79, 8% have 80 years or older). Those cured grew by 0.8% and reached 12,810 (38.3% of all cases). The swabs performed reached 1,013,957, 13,122 more than yesterday.

8,672 subjects were tested (excluding control swabs), of which 25% were positive. To these are added the 1,596 rapid antigenic swabs that are currently being made. Today’s positives are 19,376, + 11.9% compared to yesterday. There are 889 hospitalized (64 more than yesterday), of which 110 in intensive care (1 less). Today there are 13 new deaths: 4 men and 9 women with an average age of 83 years. Regarding the province of residence, the deceased are: 5 in Florence, 1 in Prato, 1 in Pistoia, 1 in Massa Carrara, 2 in Lucca, 1 in Livorno, 1 in Arezzo, 1 resident outside of Tuscany.

Campania

The new coronavirus cases emerged today in Campania from the analysis of 11,569 swabs. Of the 1,981 new positives, 146 are symptomatic and 1,832 are asymptomatic. The total number of coronavirus cases in Campania since the beginning of the emergency exceeds 40 thousand, reaching the figure of 40,594 cases, while the total number of swabs examined is 871,772. The Crisis Unit of the Campania Region announces that there have been 16 new deaths related to the coronavirus, specifying however that these are deaths that occurred between October 23 and 25. The total number of deaths in Campania since the beginning of the emergency amounts to 587. There are 10 new patients: the total number of patients is 9,332.

Lazio

Today in Lazio «out of approximately 19 thousand swabs there are 1,698 positive cases, 16 deaths and 91 recovered. The ratio of positives to swabs increases slightly. The admissions of this second wave have already exceeded the maximum height of the first wave with a very steep ascent of the curve. The priority of the health system is saving lives. In Salutelazio.it the call for hiring retired personnel. There are 400 young doctors in training in training courses in general medicine who will be available for training practices in the prevention services of the Local Health Authorities for localization ». This was underlined by the Councilor for Health and Social and Sanitary Integration of the Lazio Region, Alessio D’Amato, in a note at the end of today’s videoconference of the regional working group for Covid-19 with the general directors of ASL and hospitals , university polyclinics. and the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital.

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Piedmont

There are 14 deaths of Covid-19 test-positive people reported by the Piedmont Region Crisis Unit, of which 2 occurred today. The total is now 4273 deaths who tested positive for the virus, 696 Alessandria, 261 Asti, 222 Biella, 412 Cuneo, 400 Novara, 1876 Turin, 231 Vercelli, 133 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, as well as 42 residents outside the region, but they died in Piedmont. . The cases of people who have so far tested positive for Covid-19 in Piedmont are 57,160 (+1625 compared to yesterday) of which 764 (47%) are asymptomatic. The 1625 cases are 680 detection cases, 438 case contacts, 507 with ongoing investigation, 179 in RSA and social welfare structures, 152 in the school environment, 1,294 among the general population and 6 imported.

Veneto

Veneto today registers 1,129 more positives than yesterday, for a total of 45,466 infected since the beginning of the epidemic. The victims also increase, now at 2,332 (+3). The newsletter of the Region informs it. The data would appear to reflect a slight drop in the curve, which could nevertheless be affected, as has already happened, by a lower number of swabs processed on Sunday. The number of hospitalizations in non-critical wards also increased, 695 (+30), and of patients in intensive care, 81 (+5). On the other hand, the subjects in home isolation fell drastically, 13,692 (-874), of which 5,912 were positive.

Apulia

Today in Puglia there are 424 new positives and ten deaths, 9 in the province of Bari and 1 in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. This was announced by the president of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano on the basis of information from the director of the Health Promotion department, Vito Montanaro. 3,057 Covid-19 infection tests and 424 new positive cases were carried out: 198 in the province of Bari, 30 in the province of Brindisi, 42 in the province of BAT, 109 in the province of Foggia, 28 in the province of Lecce , 16 in the province of Taranto, 2 residents outside the region. A case of province of unknown residence was attributed and reclassified. 526,008 tests have been carried out since the start of the emergency. 6,018 patients recovered. The current 8,279.

Sicily

There are 390 new cases of Covid 19 in the last 24 hours in Sicily, bringing the current positives on the island to 10,945. 11 people have died and 167 have been discharged / recovered. 677 people are hospitalized and 98 in intensive care; 10,170 subjects in home isolation. The data is contained in the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health.

Abruzzo

348 new cases of coronavirus have been found in the last hours in Abruzzo. 3,204 swabs emerged from the analysis: 10.86% of the samples tested were positive. The regional total of cases amounts to 8,414. There are ten recent deaths: the death toll stands at 524. Currently those positive for the virus are increasing rapidly and, consequently, hospitalizations and intensive care. New patients are between 3 months and 96 years old. Of the new cases, 149 are related to traces of known outbreaks. There are 53 positives under 19 years of age, of which 22 in the province of L’Aquila, 8 in the province of Pescara, 7 in the province of Chieti and 15 in the province of Teramo.

The recent deaths refer to people between 66 and 93 years old: three were residents in the province of L’Aquila, two in the province of Chieti, one in the province of Pescara, one in the province of Teramo and three outside the region . The positives are currently 278 more and amount to 4,363: 249 patients (+4 compared to yesterday) are hospitalized in non-intensive care; 21 (+3 compared to yesterday) in intensive care. The other 4083 (+261 compared to yesterday) are in home isolation with active ASL surveillance. The healed are 3,537 (+68).

Sardinia

Covid-19 infections in Sardinia do not stop, today there are 231 new cases – with a peak in Sassarese – and one death, an 85-year-old man from southern Sardinia. In the update of the Regional Crisis Unit there is a further increase in hospitalizations, amounting to 303, with 35 patients (+1) in intensive care. There are 4,584 people in home isolation, 99 of whom are the most cured. Of the almost 8,000 positive cases detected in total, 1,463 (+45) were detected in the metropolitan city of Cagliari, 1,246 (+24) in southern Sardinia, 655 (+3) in Oristano, 1,133 (+32) in Nuoro , 3,493 (+127) in Sassari. In total, 250,901 swabs have been done so far, an increase of 2,376.

Calabria

The growth of coronavirus infections remains stable. In the last 24 hours there have been 180 new cases compared to 179 yesterday. Compared to yesterday there are also two victims. The total number of deaths thus rises to 108. Since yesterday, 2,468 have been analyzed with a total of 2,527 swabs performed. The active cases are 2,184 (+171), those detected since the beginning of the pandemic are 3,970 with 258,151 evaluated subjects and 260,121 tests carried out. There are 9 hospitalized in intensive care while those of infectious diseases are 108 (+2). There are 2,067 housing blocks (+170). These are the daily data related to the Covid-19 epidemic reported by the Department of Health Protection.

Basilicata

Of the 1,315 swabs processed in Basilicata over the weekend, 93 new cases of coronavirus positivity were recorded. The regional working group announced this, specifying that eight infections affect people residing in Puglia and that in the last two days 22 people have healed. The number of people hospitalized with covid in Lucanian hospitals increased from 58 in the previous update to 72: seven are in intensive care (three in San Carlo di Potenza and four in Madonna delle Grazie in Matera). There are currently 900 (compared to 838 in the last update) people residing in Basilicata who are positive for the coronavirus. Since the start of the health emergency, 44 people have died in Basilicata and 95,241 swabs have been analyzed, of which 93,446 were negative.

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