positive high school teacher in Brindisi

BRINDISI – A teacher from the Mantegna high school in Brindisi, from the Sant’Elia-Commenda comprehensive institute, tested positive for Covid 19. Mayor Riccardo Rossi announced it this afternoon (Sunday, October 11), through a publication in your page. Facebook. This is the second case in a school in the capital, after three years of Salvemini High School whose positivity has been confirmed in recent days.

“The ASL of Brindisi – says the mayor – immediately arranged the buffer for the three classes in which the teacher teaches, the children will be able to go back to school if he fails. I am in contact with the manager Lucia Portolano and with the ASL and we follow the evolution of the story ”. “I know that this is a delicate year for the school world and unfortunately there are alarmist and uncontrolled voices – continues Rossi – I invite everyone to follow the official communications from those of the ASL. For my part, I am following the situation at the school and will keep you informed ”.

The regional situation

In the province of Brindisi, for its part, today a total of four new cases were registered, out of 212 infections verified at the regional level. The swabs made, 3,887, are lower than those of the last days. The situation in Foggia remains critical, with 95 new cases. It is followed by the provinces of Bari (71), Bat (26), Taranto (10) and Lecce (7). One death was recorded in the province of Foggia.

Since the beginning of the emergency, 453,950 tests have been performed: 5,097 recovered patients; Currently, 3,807 are positive cases. The total number of positive Covid cases in Puglia is 9,512, divided as follows: 3,789 in the province of Bari; 872 in the province of Bat; 803 in the province of Brindisi; 2,363 in the province of Foggia; 889 in the province of Lecce; 723 in the province of Taranto; 71 attributed to residents outside the region (1 removed from the database); 2 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.

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Article updated at 5:57 p.m. on October 11 (positivity from the Brindisi professor)