Coronavirus Newsletter, Sicilia and Palermo of October 27, 2020

The number of intensive care places occupied in Sicily by patients infected by Covid exceeds one hundred: there are 103 and there are five more than yesterday. On the other hand, 50 more people were hospitalized in the last 24 hours (727 in total). All this compared to 860 new cases found in 7,324 swabs processed (11.4% positive), of which 345 in the province of Palermo. Instead, ten deaths.

Few have recovered compared to the trend of recent days, 61. While the current positives on the island amount to 11,734 with an increase of 784. Of these, 10,904 are in home isolation. In addition to Palermo, new infections have been recorded in the province of Catania (197), Messina (52), Trapani (138), Ragusa (35), Siracusa (30), Caltanissetta (45), Agrigento (3), Enna ( fifteen) .

Quick swabs for prison police staff

“We learned with great satisfaction that the Department of Health of the Region of Sicily – Department of Health Activities and
The Epidemiological Observatory and the Department of Strategic Planning has issued the directive regarding the execution of swabs
rapid screening for Sar-CoV-2 infection for prison police personnel, “announced the prison administration department.” This is the result of the synergistic collaboration established for some time – reads a note between the ” Central Prison Administration, in the person of the Head of the Department Bernardo Petralia, and the Regional and Regional Health Department of the Sicilian Region that never, like in this delicate moment, is it necessary for effective action to counter the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in prisons. “

The situation in the rest of Italy

There are currently 21,994 new coronavirus infections in Italy. In the last 24 hours, 221 deaths have been registered, bringing the total to 37,700 since the beginning of the emergency. More than 174,000 swabs were made. “Lombardy has more than 5,000 cases, it is a region with more than 11 million inhabitants. Campania is very high with 2,761 new cases reported and Piedmont with more than 2,400. There is a slight increase in Lazio and Tuscany,” he said. called Gianni Rezza, director of Prevention at the Ministry of Health. “We have a growing epidemic trend, which has been more pronounced in the last 2-3 weeks. We still have a relatively small number of deaths and employment in the ICU is below alert level. Seats have increased.”, added.

Coronavirus, the newsletter for Tuesday, October 27

Currently positive: 255,090
Deaths: 37,700 (+221)
Downloaded / Healed: 271,988 (+3,362)
Hospitalized: 15,366 (+1,085)
Hospitalized in Intensive Care: 1,411 (+127)
Buffers: 14,953,086 (+174,398)
Total cases: 564,778 (+21,994, + 4.05%)