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Today’s newsletter, Wednesday, December 16, with updates on the spread of the coronavirus in Lombardy. In the last 24 hours, the new positive cases are 2,994 of 37,605 swabs performed in the last 24 hours. Yesterday, the figure was 2,404 new infections in 27,676 swabs. Yesterday, the relationship between the number of swabs performed and the amount of positivity found was 8.6 percent. In total, 4,514,914 swabs have been made in Lombardy since the start of the pandemic. The daily death toll increased compared to yesterday: there were 106 in the last 24 hours (there were 114 yesterday), for a total of 24,097 official deaths in Lombardy alone since the beginning of the pandemic.
Lombardy Hospital Admissions
The data related to hospital admissions and intensive care, useful to monitor the progress of the epidemic, describe a more stable situation and improving than in recent weeks. In the last 24 hours, the number of hospital admissions has dropped by 50, bringing the total to 4,946 (yesterday there were 4,996). There is also a decrease in admissions to intensive care units: the balance is 27 patients less than yesterday (yesterday the balance between new admissions and discharges was 29 fewer hospitalizations), for a total of 629 hospitalized people. The number of cured / discharged patients continues to grow, now reaching 356,175: 9,045 people have managed to overcome the disease in the last 24 hours.
The new positives in the provinces
Gallera: The numbers improve but watch out
“The data in Lombardy is improving but it is clear that we must not lower our guard.” This is the warning of the Councilor for Social Welfare of Lombardy, Giulio Gallera, commenting on the positive trend of the epidemiological trend in recent days. The number one of Lombard Healthcare then also commented on the constant reduction of occupied beds in hospitals and intensive care, calling to the common “the responsibility of citizens because today there would be a resurgence in a situation in which hospitals still have a significant number of patients “. Covid hospitalized. “Meanwhile, it has been announced that starting today, access to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele will be limited.
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