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Confirm a increase in new cases reported in Italy for the fifth week in a row with an accumulated incidence in the last 14 days of 23.68 per 100,000 inhabitants, increasing from the period 6 / 7-19 / 7 and similar to the levels observed at the beginning of May. Most of the cases continue to be contracted in the national territory (result 15% of new cases imported from abroad diagnosed in the follow-up week); in particular we observe one non-negligible percentage of imported cases from another region(17.6% in the current week). To write it, in the weekly monitoring, corresponding to the period between August 24 and 30, there are the Ministry of Health and Higher Institute of Health.
In the follow-up week, they generally reported 1799 active shoots of which 649 new (the adopted definition of outbreak foresees the identification of 2 or more positive cases connected to each other), both increasing for the fifth week in a row (1374 active outbreaks had been reported in the previous follow-up week, 490 of which were new). This entails an increasing commitment by local services to search for contacts who have so far managed to contain local transmission of the virus.
The national transmission rate, Rt (here is the explanation of how it is calculated and what it means), calculated on symptomatic cases and referred to the period 13-26 August 2020, equal to 1.18. This indicates that the number of symptomatic cases contracted locally and diagnosed in our country has increased. However, the national transmission rate must be interpreted with caution at this particular point in the epidemic, the report emphasizes. In fact, Rt was calculated in symptomatic cases, while still being the most reliable indicator at the regional level and comparable in time to monitor transmissibility, could slightly underestimate the true transmission of the virus nationwide. Thirteen regions reported an increase in the number of cases diagnosed during the previous week that cannot be attributed solely to an increase in imported cases from abroad.
In Italy, as in Europe and worldwide, there was an epidemiological transition from the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic with a sharp drop in the average age of the population who gets the infection. Average age of cases diagnosed in the last week – report continues – di 32 years old, slightly higher than last week. Circulation occurs more frequently today in younger age groups, in a context of advanced reopening of commercial activities (including meeting places) and greater mobility. The change in transmission dynamics (with the appearance of cases and outbreaks associated with recreational activities both in Italy and abroad) observed in the previous weeks is confirmed.
Here you will find today’s contagion cases; below the regional RTs indicated in the weekly follow-up:
Emilia-Romagna: 0.97
Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 1.18
Calabria: 0.66
Campania: 1
Abruzzo: 1.14
Basilicata: 0.02
Straight: 0.76
Liguria: 0.92
Walk: 0.78
Molise: 0.24
Bolzano: 0.71
Trento: 0.78
Piedmont: 0.9
Apulia: 1.08
Sardinia: 1.99
Aosta Valley: 0.22
Umbria: 0.92
Sicily: 0.82
Tuscany: 1.05
Veneto: 0.87
Lombardy: 0.89
September 4, 2020 (change September 4, 2020 | 18:49)
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