Coronavirus, 76 new positive cases in Puglia

The president of the Puglia region, based on information from the director of the Health Promotion department, Vito Montanaro, reports that today Saturday, September 12, 2020 in Puglia, 3,764 tests were detected for the Covid-19 coronavirus infection and registered 76 cases. positive:

• 47 in the province of Bari,
• 3 in the province of Brindisi;
• 2 in BAT province,
• 12 in the province of Foggia,
• 4 in the province of Lecce,
• 7 in the province of Taranto,
• 1 unknown province.

NO deaths were recorded.

Since the beginning of the emergency, 346,764 tests have been carried out.

4,198 are recovered patients.

1,599 are currently positive cases.

The total of positive cases of Covid in Puglia is 6,367, divided as follows:

• 2,383 in the province of Bari;
• 515 in the province of Bat;
• 739 in the province of Brindisi;
• 1,509 in the province of Foggia;
• 716 in the province of Lecce;
• 451 in the province of Taranto;
• 52 attributed to residents outside the region;
• 2 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.

The epidemiological bulletin of the Puglia region 12.9.2020 is available at the link: http://rpu.gl/HWYxZ

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DECLARATIONS OF THE ASL DGS:

Statement Dg Asl Bari, Antonio Sanguedolce: “Today in the province of Bari the epidemiological bulletin registers 47 cases of positivity to SARS – COV – 2, of which 36 are close contacts of cases already identified and under surveillance. The Prevention Department has Investigations have been started – continues Sanguedolce – on the 11 remaining positive cases, with the aim of identifying the origin and risk factors ”.

Statement by Dg Asl Brindisi Giuseppe Pasqualone: ​​”The first case is a return from Greece, the second is an employee of the company in Polignano a Mare (Ba) who had been in close contact with an established case. The third, finally , it’s a control panel. “

Statement from Dg Asl Bt, Alessandro Delle Donne: “2 cases today Nella Bat: 1 is a close contact of a positive registered in recent days while the other is being investigated by the prevention department.”

Statement from the Dg of Asl Foggia, Vito Piazzolla: “Today, in the province of Foggia, 12 new positivities were found, all related to known cases. According to procedure, they were assumed by the Hygiene service that monitors their health status on a daily basis “.

Statement from Dg Asl Lecce, Rodolfo Rollo: “Of the 4 cases registered today by Asl Lecce, one was already isolated because he had had contact with a positive, one is a return from Romania, one a return from Albania and the last one is a resident verified with screening before a health service and on which epidemiological investigations are being carried out “.

Declaration Dg Asl Taranto, Stefano Rossi: “The 7 positive cases of Covid in Taranto are attributable to patients belonging to groups of positive relatives already previously found and followed, observed during the epidemiological investigation of the Department of Prevention.”