the newsletter of September 5, 2020

In sharp decline, compared to the peak of 117 new cases touched yesterday, the number of Covid-19 infections in Puglia. In fact, 55 positive swabs were recorded in the last 24 hours, compared to 3,163 tests performed. Not even a case in the province of Brindisi. The infections are distributed as follows: 32 in the province of Bari, 5 in the province of Bat, 8 in the province of Foggia, 2 in the province of Lecce, 8 in the province of Taranto. Unfortunately, two deaths occurred: one in the Bari province and one resident outside the region.

Since the beginning of the emergency, 323,322 tests have been performed: 4,112 are recovered patients; 1,122 are currently positive cases. The total number of positive Covid cases in Apulia is 5,796, divided as follows: 2,091 in the province of Bari; 468 in the province of Bat; 710 in the province of Brindisi; 1,414 in the province of Foggia; 686 in the province of Lecce; 378 in the province of Taranto; 48 attributed to residents outside the region; 1 province of unknown residence. Asl’s prevention departments have activated all procedures for the acquisition of anamnestic and epidemiological information, with the aim of tracing close contacts.

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ASL CEO Statements

Declaration of Dg Asl Bari, Antonio Sanguedolce: “In the last 24 hours our Prevention Department has detected 32 new positives in Sars-Cov2. The most striking part refers to the positivity identified by tracing close contacts linked to cases that are already under surveillance; the global calculation also includes a return from Sardinia and a case tracked in the pre-hospital screening phase, while the other cases arose during the triage activity carried out in health facilities “.

Declaration of Dg Asl Bat, Alessandro Delle Donne: “There are 5 cases registered today in the Bat province, of which 4 close contacts of positive cases registered in recent days and 1 from Sardinia”.

Declaration of Managing Director Asl Foggia, Vito Piazzolla: “There are 8 new cases registered in the last 24 hours in the province of Foggia. They are: 2 foreigners present in the provincial territory; 4 symptomatic people; a return from Sardinia; a close contact of a known case. All are under voluntary active health surveillance ”.

Declaration of Dg Asl Lecce, Rodolfo Rollo: “The 2 cases registered today by our Prevention Department refer to a resident in close contact with known positive cases and a person domiciled in the province who contracted the infection outside the Region.”

Declaration of Dg Asl Taranto, Stefano Rossi: “The 8 cases of Covid of Taranto must be attributed to subjects whose relatives had already tested positive in recent days. The patients, all asymptomatic, are constantly and carefully followed by the prevention department through technicians and doctors ”.