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L’AQUILA – New absolute record of daily infections registered in Abruzzo: from the last bulletin there are another 939 new cases, with ages between 4 months and 100 years, but 5,138 swabs have been made.
The death toll of patients registers 10 new cases and amounts to 671, while those cured are 5,420, 215 more than yesterday. The sixth victim is registered with the RSA Antoniano di Lanciano.
Once again, the province of L’Aquila is the one with the most new cases of coronavirus: 374 infections have been confirmed in the last 24 hours. It is followed by Teramo with 238 infections, Chieti with 168 and Pescara with 115. Forty-four come from 44 regions or are in the verification phase.
And from the province of L’Aquila comes bad news: the intensive care places dedicated to covid in the province of L’Aquila are saturated, just on the day of the registration of infections that return to the provincial territory of black jersey in the region.
According to provincial ASL sources, a race against time is underway to expand the availability of places at the G8 in L’Aquila, the small hospital adjacent to San Salvatore built after the world event that took place in L’Aquila on the occasion of the earthquake . L’Aquila in 2009: the 12 occupied places could be increased in modules of 4, depending on the predisposition of the primary, Franco Marinangeli, up to 24.
The problems are related to the technical equipment (uninterruptible power supplies have been installed) but above all with the reception of personnel. Meanwhile, senior management is working to prepare the opening of six covid intensive care places at the Sulmona hospital (L’Aquila).
The positives currently in Abruzzo (calculated by subtracting the number of discharged / recovered and deceased from the total positives) are 11,908 (+492 compared to yesterday).
On the other hand, 604 patients are hospitalized, of which 59 are in therapy, while the other 12,018 are in home isolation.
Confirming the seriousness of the situation, in Abruzzo, on average, one in ten citizens is in fiduciary isolation after contact with a Covid-19 positive person.
In fact, for each patient, according to estimates by the Abruzzo Region Department of Health and Prevention, an average of ten contacts are traced. Considering that the current positives for the virus are 12,622, it would be more than 120 thousand, that is, just under 10% of the total residents in the region, people subjected to quarantine after contacts at risk.
The numbers, in any case, depend heavily on contact tracing activity, which ASLs, with record numbers of new infections in recent days, are not always capable of. In fact, many citizens have positive results reporting that they have never received calls from healthcare companies to trace contacts. Not only those who have had contact with positives, but also those who have received the notification of exposure to risk from the, are obliged to respect the fiduciary isolation, at least until the result of the swab in the case of being analyzed. Immune application.
IN APRUZZO 4,269 CASES IN A WEEK, 25 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
Of the total number of coronavirus cases registered in Abruzzo since the beginning of the emergency to date, one in four was found in the last week: in the period from November 6 to 13, in fact, the infections that emerged were 4,269, that is, 24%. of the 17,774 in total. The deaths were 77 (total 661). In the past seven days, hospitalizations have increased by approximately 18%, from 510 on November 6 to 624 today. Specifically, in non-intensive care there are 567 patients (+99), while in intensive care there are 57 (+15). With the start-ups in recent days, the total number of ICU beds available has risen to 146: currently 35.61% of the available units are used. All the other patients, 11,284 people (+3,213) are in home isolation. The current positive for the virus, in the period of November 6 to 13, net of 865 recoveries and 77 deaths, rose to 11,908 (+3,327). At the territorial level, the most consistent growth, in the last week, was registered in the Aquila area, with 1,493 new cases. They are followed by the Teramano (1,144), the Chietino (872) and the Pescarese (687).
COVID: SIXTH DEATH AT THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE OF THE GREATER OF LANCIANO
Sixth death in the Antoniano religious institute for the elderly in Lanciano, which so far has counted 98 covid infections, of which 26 among nurses and health social workers.
It is about a 90-year-old woman from Lanciano, who also tested positive for covid, who was hospitalized in the Chieti clinical hospital. The retiree already suffered from kidney failure and other illnesses that were exacerbated by the coronavirus infection.
Since last November 6, due to complications from Covid, three women and 3 invited men have died, including a Franciscan friar whose funeral was held today in L’Aquila, in the Pettino district. The funeral of the last deceased will take place on Monday, at 3.30 pm, in the church of Sant’Antonio da Padova, next to Antoniano himself.
The facility remains in a state of emergency due to the lack of nurses, especially, although the health situation remains stable and controlled. At the beginning of the week, the swabs will be repeated to all guests and staff, whether positive or negative.
INFECTIONS IN RSA AMONG ELDERLY AND STAFF, UNCEM ALARM AND MAYOR FONTECCHIO
L’AQUILA – “More attention from the Local Health Authority and the Abruzzo Region for Rsa, Ra and structures that house the elderly.”
This is the request that Lorenzo Berardinetti, president of the National Union of Municipalities, Communities and Mountain Entities (Uncem) Abruzzo, and Sabrina cyancone, Mayor of Fontecchio (L’Aquila), addressed by an open letter to the President of the Abruzzo Region, Marco Marsilio, to the Regional Minister for Health, Nicolettà Verì, and to the general directors of Asl d’Abruzzo, in light of the numerous Problems emerged in recent weeks in all those residential structures that welcome the elderly.
“The mayors of the mountain municipalities face responsibilities and uncertainties with their usual dedication and composure,” explain Berardinetti and Ciancone, “but there is, among the many emergencies, one for which we ask for immediate and forceful intervention to face it. Which we cannot. In addition to an elderly resident population, many municipalities have health facilities for the elderly in their territory. Rsa, ra and geriatric hospitals who live these weeks like a nightmare, amplifying the drama of all “.
The president of Uncem Abruzzo and the mayor of Fontecchio stressed that “many operators and many elderly are positive for tampons, it is not possible to replace medical, nursing and Ooss personnel who go into quarantine or are sick, there are difficulties to find PPE (especially coveralls) and oxygen, there is a delay and shortage of influenza vaccines, it is recommended that the facilities treat symptomatic elderly people in the hospital, not in the hospital, the general practitioners or doctors of the Usca cannot cope with the ‘ ” Assistance to symptomatic patients, especially in structures where the figure of the responsible doctor is not mandatory. But above all, the results of the swabs are not returned to the staff and patients (for example, in a municipality with an RSA of 80 patients and 50 operators and one Ra with 40 patients and 20 operators, the swabs were performed Monday 9 and as of today (Saturday 14) the outcome is still unknown ”.
For this reason, Berardinetti and Ciancone asked President Marsilio, Councilor Verì and those responsible for the ASL of Abruzzo “a preferential channel to make and report swabs, the strengthening of medical personnel (USCA or police), specific supplies of Dpi and oxygen “Without complaining or arguing, obviously the processes are not effectively designed. Therefore, we expect a concrete and immediate response from those who have the power to organize the solutions, always ensuring our full cooperation.”
L’AQUILA: PREFECTURE, MUNICIPALITY, ASL AND USR MEETING, WITHOUT HYPOTHESIS CLOSING SCHOOLS
The prefect of L’Aquila, Cinzia torraco, following up on what emerged in the meeting calling for the general examination of the epidemiological situation in progress and responding to a request received from the mayor of the capital, Pierluigi Biondi, This morning he chaired a meeting by videoconference called in the Prefecture to examine the critical issues related to school activities.
The meeting was attended by the Director of the provincial office of the school and those responsible for the Prevention Service of Asl n.1.
The mayor represented the need to adopt a single intervention protocol that will be activated by the possible closure of school complexes after the detection of scientific evidence on the spread of the coronavirus infection, considering it necessary to seek a balance between the right to public health and the right to education for students.
From the provincial office of the school and the prevention service of the Asl n. 1 it was highlighted that the hypothesis of generalized closure of school complexes does not seem founded at the moment, based on the data currently available and also taking into consideration what was expressed by the Government with the last Dpcm in force, referring to the importance of maintaining, as far as possible, face-to-face teaching.
The evaluations were shared by those present on the opportunity to limit the movements of school operators not directly involved in teaching, considering it necessary to access forms of agile work that allow an appreciable reduction of the presence in school complexes and in the offices themselves management.
Mayor Biondi also announced the dissemination of a formulary, promoted by the Municipality and approved by the Prevention Department of the Health Company, which contains information and useful indications to face the Covid-19 pandemic.
The prefect expressed the hope that access to new and additional channels dedicated by ASL exclusively to communications with Mayors regarding positive case reports from students and school personnel, could provide the opportunity to then be able to intervene more quickly. and effective for the closure, in agreement with the College Office, of individual classrooms or complete complexes where the situation requires it.
On this subject, the ASL has offered its availability, guaranteeing the realization of these tools that will allow offering the first citizens of the province a more immediate view of the situation in order to more effectively assess the containment initiatives in the event of positivity arising in the competition school complexes.
The prefect also expressed his willingness to update the table for consideration of any additional critical points that might arise.
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