«Situation of great alarm» – Corriere.it

In Lombardy, since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic, they tested positive for Sars-CoV-19 138,729 people (+4,125, of which 202 weakly positive and 29 after serological tests; positive cases reported yesterday were 134,604 and the increase of the previous day had been identical to that of today, +4,125), according to data provided by Lombardy region. Of these, in general, are died 17,152 people (+29, yesterday +20). THE Hospital admissions are 1,695 (+174), in intensive care 156 (+22), while the total of healed and discharged of 88,059 (+468). The swabs were 35,715 against 36,416 yesterday; the total number of buffers increases to 2,610,718. There percentage 11.5% of the positives in relation to the swabs made (yesterday it was 11.3%).

The figures for infections in Milan are such as to confirm the A situation of great alarm due to the rapid growth of the infection. In the week of October 11 to 17, the cases in the Metropolitan City are triplicate compared to the previous one (we went from 2 thousand to about 6 thousand). The data for the first days of the week confirm a tendency to double the number of infections. This was communicated by Ats Milano in a note after the meeting with Mayor Beppe Sala, the Chief of Staff of the Municipality Mario Vanni and the general and health managers of Ats Walter Bergamaschi and Vittorio Demicheli. Ats adds that the level of the epidemic is such that the monitoring system and buffer policies, although they are important to be able to care for patients who may need treatment they are no longer tools capable of containing the spread of infections, linked to the resumption of social activities. Therefore, it is necessary to concentrate efforts to quickly measure the effect of restrictive maneuvers on the movement of the population and direct prevention resources towards the priority objective of defending the most fragile subjects present in our population.