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The epidemic curve in Italy is growing: 5,901 cases today (4,619 yesterday), with 112,544 swabs, almost 30 thousand more than yesterday but less than the record of 130 thousand reached last week. The trend of deaths also continues to grow, today 41 (yesterday 39, Sunday 26), which there is an ever more sustained increase in intensive care, +62 today (+32 yesterday). This is what emerges from the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health.
There have not been such high figures since March 28. The region with the most cases is Lombardy (+1,080), followed by Campania (+635), Piedmont (585), Lazio (579, historical record) and Veneto (485). No region with zero cases, the best is Basilicata with 8 new infections. The total since the beginning of the epidemic amounts to 365,467. While the total of deaths is 36,246. Those cured are increasing, 1,428 today (yesterday 891), for a total of 242,028. The number of positive people currently rises by another 4,429 (yesterday 3,689), and they are 87,193 in total.
As mentioned, decided increase in admissions, reaching a total of 514 intensive care, while in ordinary wards 255 more places are occupied than yesterday (when the increase was 302), 5,076 in total. Finally, there are 81,603 people in home isolation, 4,112 more than yesterday.
Even in Sicily there is an increase in cases with 334 new coronavirus positives. Currently the positives are 4,877 (+195) with two new deaths that bring the total to 341. The discharged and cured are in total 4,708 (+137). Total hospitalizations also increased: 470 (+24) and intensive care 44 (+2). Therefore, the total number of cases rises to 9,926 when 561,166 swabs were performed, an increase of +8,340 compared to yesterday.
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