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Another 28 deaths in 24 hours in Puglia of people who tested positive for Covid-19, 40 more hospitalizations than yesterday despite the decrease in positives and tampons related to the slowdown in activities over the weekend. The new positive cases are 844: 500 in the province of Bari, 84 in the province of Brindisi, 19 in the province of Bat, 115 in the province of Foggia, 89 in the province of Lecce, 25 in the province of Taranto, 5 cases of residents outside the region, 7 cases of province of unknown residence. The registered swabs are 4,866
The 28 deaths are divided as follows: 6 in the province of Bari, 4 in the province of Brindisi, 6 in the province of Bat, 1 in the province of Foggia, 5 in the province of Lecce, 6 in the province of Taranto.
Since the beginning of the emergency, 1,768,460 tests have been carried out. 129,898 patients were recovered, 905 more than yesterday. Currently there are 42,990 positive cases, of which 1,935 are hospitalized. 0.5 percent are in intensive care. Of the positives, 59.2 are asymptomatic. 44 percent are between 19 and 50 years old, 29 percent between 51 and 70, 14.4 percent are over 70 and 12.6 percent are between 0 and 18 years old.
The total of positive cases of Covid in Puglia is 177,373 divided as follows: 69,614 in the province of Bari; 17,679 in the province of Bat; 12,829 in the province of Brindisi; 33,598 in the province of Foggia; 16,034 in the province of Lecce; 26,685 in the province of Taranto; 654 attributed to residents outside the region; 280 province of unknown residence.
The epidemiological bulletin of the Puglia region 22.3.2021 is available at the link: https://rpu.gl/NNhEy
Situation of hospitalizations in the Brindisi area
31 internal medicine patients are hospitalized in the Ostuni hospital (2 more than yesterday) and 22 in pulmonology. At Perrino, on the other hand, there are 20 patients in infectious diseases (yesterday they were 19), 24 in pulmonology (yesterday they were 23), 9 (yesterday they were 11) in intensive care.
Three deaths in Perrino: a 66-year-old man and a 78-year-old man in intensive care and an 84-year-old woman in Pulmonology.
The Post Covid welcomes 12 patients in Mesagne, 7 in Ceglie Messapica and 3 in Cisternino.
In Brindisi in two days 78 positive
The Prefectural report updated to March 20 says that in the city of Brindisi there are 366 positives, there were 288 in the last update on March 18: an increase of 78 new cases in just 2 days.
“The curve is growing rapidly, we must be aware of this and not loosen the threshold of care, not even in the family. Infections occur at home, in the family, and in the workplace. We are in the middle of a new wave, only we can break the chain of infections, we have already learned it. The vaccine is our way out, when it is the turn of each one of us, we respond with a sense of collective responsibility ”. Mayor Riccardo Rossi writes on Facebook
