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Fewer cases compared to the last 24 hours, but a contagion / test ratio that remains high in line with the peak of the second wave. This is the photograph of the Covid bulletin of the Puglia region of the last 24 hours, from which 424 new cases of just over 3 thousand swabs emerge (3,057 to be exact), keeping in fact unchanged, and high compared to the last week, the percentage of infections (12%). The “currently positive” population has increased to 8,279, 92% of which, 7,631 people, are in home isolation.
The data from the last 24 unfortunately also record 10 deaths, for the second time in a few days, of which one in the Bat and 9 in the Bari area, raising the number of victims to 673. Of the deaths registered in the last 24 hours, all are older than 60 years: 2 in the 60-69 group, 2 in the 70-70 group, 4 between 80 and 89 years old and another two older than 90.
The province of Bari, along with that of Foggia, continues to be the most affected by infections: in the interior of the capital there are 198 – out of 414 new cases – followed by 109 in the province of Foggia, 42 in the province of BAT , 30 in the province of Brindisi, 28 in the province of Lecce, 16 in the province of Taranto, 2 residents outside the region. 1 case of province of unknown residence has been attributed and reclassified.
The number of recovered patients remains low (just 7 in the last 24 hours), while the number of hospitalized patients continues to increase in both ordinary and intensive care wards. It must be borne in mind that the Region, at least until tomorrow, has suspended non-urgent hospitalizations for other pathologies precisely to reorganize the network that, apparently, was obviously not prepared for this sudden increase in infections. Until yesterday, a total of 605 people were hospitalized, today the figure has risen to 648.
In Canosa, the 40 beds of the territorial unit for cardiac rehabilitation and long-term care will be dedicated to the management of (post) Covid patients upon discharge from the Bisceglie hospital dedicated to the management of infected patients.
Meanwhile, the Usca, the special care continuity units active in Puglia established in April to help patients suffering from Covid at home, are 34 of the 80 indicated as optimal needs, reports the regional secretary of the Fimmg, Monopoli .
In Bari there are nine active with 50 doctors involved; In Foggia there are eight Usca for a total of 70 doctors, two more will be ready by the end of the month; eight also in the province of Lecce and 50 contracted doctors; only one Usca in the Brindisi area based in Ceglie Messapica; in the Bat there are two of them, but the call is ready to try to activate another six. In Taranto, there are six special units.
Their role is to help Covid patients at home who do not need hospitalization, but some are also used to follow up contacts given the numerous active Covid outbreaks in Puglia and the difficulties at the organic plant level of the Prevention departments. . Local health companies are preparing a second call to enhance the service.
Until recently, due to the low number of positives in the region, the problem arose of how to use the Usca. Now, however, they have become few and far between and are often used for contact tracing as well, so they are only active on the afternoon shift. In these hours the local health authorities are reopening the calls, we must act quickly because the number of patients to follow has increased ”.
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