One death from Covid-19 in the Bat and 12 new infections

The president of the Puglia Region, based on information from the director of the Health Promotion Department, Vito Montanaro, reports that today, Saturday, September 19, 2020 in Puglia, 3,717 tests of Covid-19 coronavirus infection have been registered and have registered. 108 positive cases:

• 40 in the province of Bari,
• 12 in BAT province,
• 3 in the province of Brindisi,
• 43 in the province of Foggia,
• 6 in the province of Lecce,
• 3 in the province of Taranto,
• 1 resident outside the region.

One death was recorded in Bat province.

Since the beginning of the emergency, 372,288 tests have been carried out.
4,278 they are cured patients.
2,088 are currently positive cases.

The total of positive cases of Covid in Puglia is 6944, divided as follows:

• 2,680 in the province of Bari;
• 563 in the province of Bat;
• 756 in the province of Brindisi;
• 1,649 in the province of Foggia;
• 749 in the province of Lecce;
• 493 in the province of Taranto;
• 53 attributed to residents outside the region;
• 1 province of unknown residence.

The APL prevention departments have activated all the procedures for the acquisition of anamnestic and epidemiological information, with the aim of tracing close contacts. The epidemiological bulletin of the Puglia region 19.9.2020 is available at the link: http://rpu.gl/xDyFX

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DECLARATIONS OF THE ASL DGS:
Declaration of Dg Asl Bari, Antonio Sanguedolce: “The Prevention Department today registered 40 new infections. The positivity of Sars-Cov 2 refers in particular to 31 close contacts linked to previously isolated cases and subjected to epidemiological surveillance, while the necessary investigations are ongoing for the 9 cases remaining “.

Declaration of Dg Asl Brindisi, Giuseppe Pasqualone: “In the province of Brindisi, the Prevention Department has identified, through contact tracing, three positive people, linked to already known cases.”

Declaration of Dg Asl Bt, Alessandro Delle Donne: “12 cases registered today in the province of Bat. These are close contacts of other positive cases registered in recent days and epidemiological investigations of the Department of Prevention continue in 3 cases.”

Declaration of the Dg of Asl Foggia, Vito Piazzolla: “There are 43 new positivities to COVID 19 registered today in the province of Foggia. Of these: 31 are contacts of known cases; 8 are symptomatic people, 4 are foreign citizens present in the province.
ASL Foggia constantly monitors the situation of a nursing home where, at the moment, 8 positive cases of COVID 19 have been registered.
All protocols for the safety of guests and operators were activated immediately. The Prevention Department carried out an inspection inside the structure.
The Hygiene service is rebuilding the chain of contacts.
This afternoon the rest of the guests and all the staff will be subjected to the swab for a total of 80 people.
The ASL Foggia anti-COVID network is also active with the USCA, for the home care of positive patients, and with the “Respiratory System Diseases” service unit if necessary “.

Declaration of Dg Asl Lecce, Rodolfo Rollo: “There are 6 cases registered today by the ASL of Lecce: 4 are close contacts of already known cases, one is a resident who has returned from Sardinia, the other a resident on whom our Department of Prevention is conducting epidemiological investigations.”

Declaration Dg Asl Taranto, Stefano rossi: “Two of the three Covid cases detected in the province of Taranto are attributable to close contacts of positive cases; on the other hand, a negative woman who previously had the first swab was positive and was hospitalized in the Moscati infectious department, even after previous pathologies “.