17,992 new cases and 674 deaths. The positive rate rises to 10%



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Covid Italia, today's newsletter December 18, 2020

Coronavirus Italy. the bulletin on Friday, December 18. In the last 24 hours there were 17,992 new positives (18,236 yesterday) and 674 dead (683 yesterday). There are 179,800 i tampons carried out, it fell by about 5,000 compared to more than 185,000 yesterday, according to data from the Ministry of Health. The relationship between the positives identified and the swabs performed increases again and 10%, slightly higher than 9.8% yesterday. Between Regions the highest number of cases was registered in Veneto (4,211). Lombardy (2,744) and Emilia Romagna (1,745) follow.

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Hospitalizations

There are 2,819 patients in intensive care for Covid in Italy, 36 less than yesterday in the balance between inputs and outputs. Daily admissions to intensive care are 189. People hospitalized with symptoms in ordinary wards are 25,769, 658 units less than yesterday. According to the ministry’s bulletin, in Italy there are 627,798 positives currently, 7,545 less than on Thursday. The increase in discharged and cured patients in the last 24 hours is instead of 22,272, for a total of 1,226,086 since the beginning of the emergency.

Veneto

There are 4,211 new Covid infections in Veneto in the last 24 hours and 107 deaths. The total number of infected since the beginning of the epidemic amounts to 209,220 and the number of deaths to 5,268. The pressure on hospitals is easing. The number of hospitalized in non-critical wards fell to 2,933 (-20), that of Covid patients in intensive care to 365 (-13). However, the current positives are increasing: 98,014 against 95,779 yesterday (+ 2,235).

Tuscany

In Tuscany there are 514 new positive cases of coronavirus more than yesterday, out of a total, since the beginning of the epidemic, equal to 114,760 units. New cases are 0.4% more than the total of the previous day. The average age of the 514 cases at present is around 49 years (11% are under 20, 26% between 20 and 39, 31% between 40 and 59, 20% between 60 and 79 years, 12 % are 80 years or older).

Basilicata

The regional working group announces that 1,322 swabs were processed yesterday for the search for contagion of Covid-19, of which 87 (and among these 73 residents in Basilicata) tested positive. On the same day 1 person who resided in Matera died and 108 recoveries of residents were registered. Furthermore, 1 person who resides in Puglia and in isolation in Policoro, 1 person who resides in Umbria and in isolation in Potenza and 1 person who lives and in isolation in Puglia are cured.

Piedmont

There are 1,365 new cases of coronavirus positivity registered in the last 24 hours in Piedmont, which is equivalent to 6.2% of the 22,170 swabs performed, of which 12,677 antigenic. Asymptomatic patients are 613, 44.9%. There are 79 deaths, of which five occurred today. Slight increase for those admitted to intensive care, 243 (+3 compared to yesterday), while those in the rest of the wards continue to decline, which now number 3,516 (- 81).

Lombardy

Today there are 2,744 new Covid-19 positives in Lombardy, of which 201 only “weakly”, compared to 33,846 swabs made, of which 8.1 percent were positive. A lower rate than yesterday (8.6 percent), when the new cases were 2,730. The deaths are now sixty (yesterday 68), for a total of 24,225 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The decline in hospitalized patients continues: there are 602 patients in intensive care, nine less than yesterday; in ordinary departments 4,656, 137 less than yesterday. The healed / discharged are now 2,515. This was announced by the daily bulletin on the progress of the pandemic published by the Lombardy Region.

Abruzzo

There are a total of 33,101 positive cases of Covid 19 registered in Abruzzo since the beginning of the emergency. Compared to yesterday there are 227 new cases (between 2 and 94 years). There are 30 positives under 19 years of age, of which 8 in the province of L’Aquila, 5 in the province of Pescara, 13 in the province of Chieti and 4 in the province of Teramo. The number of deceased patients registered 9 new cases and amounts to 1,111 (between 72 and 95 years old, 4 in the province of L’Aquila, 2 in the province of Pescara, 1 in the province of Chieti, 1 in the province of Teramo and 1 resident outside the region). Of today’s total, 3 cases refer to deaths in recent days and only today the ASL reports.

Apulia

Of the 9,346 tests for Covid-19 infection, 1,314 positive cases were recorded today in Puglia, with a positive rate of 14.06% compared to 10% yesterday. 486 infected were detected in the province of Bari, 102 in the province of Brindisi, 136 in the province of BAT, 320 in the province of Foggia, 90 in the province of Lecce, 168 in the province of Taranto, 5 residents outside the region, for 7 the province of residence is not known. 29 deaths were recorded: 7 in the province of Bari, 11 in the province of BAT, 2 in the province of Brindisi, 5 in the province of Foggia, 2 in the province of Lecce, 2 in the province of Taranto. There are currently 52,834 positive cases.

Campania

The positive swab rate in Campania is still significantly lower than the national average, standing at 6.61%: according to the Crisis Unit bulletin, the infections detected yesterday were 1,201 (114 symptomatic) out of 18,146 tests processed. Up to 3,001 cured and 56 victims, of which 22 in the last 48 hours and 34 date back to the last days, but were registered late. The intensive care units employed are 120 out of 656, the covid hospital beds 1,621 out of 3,160.

Sicily

The new cases of Covid-19 registered in the last hours in Sicily are a total of 731 out of 8,109 swabs processed, where the total number of positives drops to 33,865 with 823 cases less than yesterday. The data is contained in the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health, which shows that the victims in a single day were 22 (2,109 since the start of the health emergency), while there was a boom in cures: 1,532.

Lazio

In Lazio of almost 16 thousand tampons (+78), in Lazio there are 1,428 positive cases (-169), 74 deaths (+17) and 2,825 recovered. The ratio of positives to swabs is 9%, and today’s figure is 198 cases higher than last Friday. The bed occupancy rate decreased in the medical and intensive care area.

Sardinia

The total number of positive cases of Covid-19 verified in Sardinia since the beginning of the emergency amounted to 27,695. In the last update of the Regional Crisis Unit, 285 new cases and 10 deaths were detected (644 in total). In total, 440,923 swabs were performed with an increase of 4,741 tests. Currently 547 patients are hospitalized in non-intensive wards (eleven less than yesterday), while the number of patients in intensive care is 53 (-3).

Emilia romagna

There are 1,745 new cases of Covid positivity in Emilia-Romagna, detected on the basis of 16,762 swabs. There are 75 victims, 41 of which only in the province of Bologna. Among them a 45-year-old woman who died in Imola. There are 207 ICU patients, one more than yesterday. About half of the new positives, 840, are asymptomatic, identified by screening or contact tracing.

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