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Today’s bulletin, November 16, with data related to the Coronavirus emergency in Lombardy. As reported by the Region, in the last 24 hours 4,128 new Covid-19 infections have been reported out of the 18,037 swabs made. Yesterday the figure was 8,060 positives out of 38,702 swabs. The percentage between the swabs performed and the positivity found is 22.88 percent. Deaths are on the rise: 99 deaths have been recorded since yesterday (181 yesterday). Since February, according to official data, 19,466 citizens have officially died from Covid-19 in Lombardy alone. In total, 3,568,531 swabs have been made since the start of the pandemic in the region.
New hospitalized and intensive care patients
The number of patients admitted to hospitals and intensive care continues to grow. In fact, with the increase in infections, the pressure on the hospitals in the regional network also increases. In the last 24 hours, the number of hospital admissions has increased by 120 units, bringing the total to 7,901 (yesterday there were 7,781), while 18 new patients treated in intensive care, thus reaching the figure of 855 units. Fortunately, the number of recovered / discharged patients has also grown considerably, now reaching 153,103: 14,231 people have managed to overcome the disease in the last 24 hours.
Professor La Vecchia: The data improves, possible reopening in December
Meanwhile, the Rt contagion index continues to show improvements in Lombardy: as established by the latest report of the Higher Institute of Health in the report of Friday 13 November, in fact, in the region governed by Attilio Fontana the Rt contagion index it is down by 1.46. “But it is too early to lower our guard: it is essential to stay below the thousand hospitalized in intensive care. And we must be aware that deaths will continue to increase, because that is the last indicator to decrease,” he explained to Fanpage.it Professor Carlo La Vecchia, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Milan.
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