Lombardy Coronavirus, data for today October 18: 2,975 new Covid positives and 21 deaths. More than a thousand hospitalizations

In Lombardy, since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic, they tested positive for Sars-CoV-19 126,769 people (+ 2975, of which 170 “weakly positive”; positive cases reported yesterday were 123,794and the increase of the previous day was +2,664), according to the data provided by Lombardy region. Of these, in general, are 17,078 died people (+21, yesterday +13). THE Hospital admissions are 1,065 (+122), in intensive care 110 of which 84 intubated (+14), while the total of healed is 84,720. The swabs were 30.981 against 29.0537 yesterday; the total reserves amounted to 2,502,284. The rapid increase in hospitalizations has led hospitals to reopen special rooms dedicated to Covid patients.

Here the national bulletin. This is the map of contagion in Italy, here the updated table of cases in the world. Here is the Corriere special in which infectious diseases and experts explain the pandemic.