202 in the province of Catania

In Sicily today, the results of more than 8 thousand swabs performed are arriving, returning 574 new positive cases to covid-19. Unfortunately, there are 10 other deaths that bring the total deaths to 378 while 86 recovered are reported. The number of admissions to intensive care also increases (+5) while 542 people remain hospitalized. In the province of Catania there is the highest number of new cases with 202 people, followed by Palermo with 137. In the other Sicilian provinces the situation of the new positives is the following: Messina 28, Trapani 62, Siracusa 35, Ragusa 44, Enna 28, Agrigento 22, Caltanissetta 16. The number of people currently positive on the island is 7,497 people, while 6,878 are in home isolation. These are the data communicated by the Ministry of Health today, October 20, 2020 on the situation of the coronavirus in Sicily.