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PUGLIA – Today, Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 4,283 tests were registered for the Covid-19 coronavirus infection and 68 positive cases emerged: 50 in the province of Bari, 1 in the province of Brindisi; 5 in the province of Foggia, 3 in the province of Lecce, 7 in the province of Taranto, 2 outside the region. No deaths were recorded. The Salento municipalities of Santa Cesarea Terme, Poggiardo, Surano, Muro Leccese, Martano remain in the positive range of 6 to 10 within the epidemiological map. Otranto is from 11 to 20: two days ago the positivity to SARS-CoV-2 emerged from a tourist who was on vacation at a camping site. In the 21 to 50 range, however, Surbo and Lecce. In Vernole, however, after the closing of the post office due to the positivity of a resident employee in Bari, everything was reopened with other employees in the boxes. The latest infection in the province of Lecce concerns one A lady from Moldova tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, while working as a caregiver in Corsano: it is the last positive in chronological order recorded on the epidemiological map of the Puglia region. “The 3 cases registered today by the ASL Lecce Prevention Department refer to two foreign citizens temporarily present in our province and a resident already in isolation” – explains the director of ASL Lecce, Rodolfo Rollo. Meanwhile, hospitalizations increase to 146 out of a total of 922 currently positive in Puglia.
Since the beginning of the emergency, 312,954 tests have been carried out.
4067 patients are cured.
Currently 922 are positive cases.
The total number of positive Covid cases in Puglia is 5546, divided as follows:
1964 in the province of Bari;
449 in the province of Bat;
706 in the province of Brindisi;
1386 in the province of Foggia;
675 in the province of Lecce;
323 in the province of Taranto;
40 attributed to residents outside the region;
3 province of unknown residence (one case was removed from the database).
The APL prevention departments have activated all the procedures for the acquisition of anamnestic and epidemiological information, with the aim of tracing close contacts.
STATEMENTS FROM ASL DIRECTORS GENERAL:
Declaration Dg Asl Bari, Antonio Sanguedolce: “There are 50 cases of positivity to the virus registered today by the Department of Prevention. The majority, 37, are close contacts of cases already treated and under surveillance, then there are 2 returns from Malta, 2 from Sardinia, 1 from Sicily and 8 symptomatic ones identified in the triage areas of the health facilities. In eight cases hospitalization was required. We reiterate the importance of self-report for those who stay or return to Bari and its province, coming from the highest risk countries but also from other Italian regions, as well as the need to strictly comply with the rules to prevent the spread of infection: distances interpersonal; wear the mask; frequently disinfect hands with hydroalcoholic solutions. “
Statement by Dg Asl Brindisi Giuseppe Pasqualone: ”Today in the province of Brindisi we have only registered one positive: it is a close contact of a case that has already been traced in recent days.”
Statement from the general director of Asl Foggia, Vito Piazzolla: “The cases registered today by the Hygiene Service in the province of Foggia are 5. It is about 1 round from Greece; 2 close contacts of people who tested positive in recent days; 1 foreign citizen present in the provincial territory; 1 person identified during the screening activity “.
Statement from Dg Asl Taranto, Stefano Rossi: “Today there are 7 cases in the province of Taranto: one refers to a person who arrived from Albania, 3 are contacts of cases already known to the prevention department. Instead, 3 cases refer to an RSA: as soon as the Prevention Department became aware of a positive case among the RSA guests, it immediately activated the projection on all guests and employees of the structure. There are 3 cases recorded in today’s bulletin, but I can already anticipate that another 17 people tested positive for the screening activity, both among guests and health workers, all asymptomatic. The situation is constantly monitored by ASL and we will give all updates as we get the swab results. “
