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The number of new patients and victims of Covid in the last 24 hours has increased: 34,282 (on Tuesday it was 32,191) and 753 deaths, bringing the total number of victims to 47,217 (on Tuesday it was 731).
The number of people currently positive for Covid in Italy in the last 24 hours has increased by 9,358 people: the number is significantly lower than on Tuesday (it was 16,026). The increase in patients cured or discharged in the last day also affects the figure: 24,169 (on Tuesday it was 15,434). The total current positives in Italy is 743,168. The total number of cured is 481,967.
The incidence of positives on the number of swabs performed in the last 24 hours continues to decline: it is 14.6%, almost one percentage point less than on Tuesday, when the figure was 15.4%. The swabs performed on the last day were 234,834.
Intensive care alarm. 42% of intensive care places are occupied by Covid patients, or 12% above the critical threshold of 30%. An almost stable figure compared to the day before, but now affecting 17 regions out of 21: a week ago there were ‘only’ 10. Seats in medical rooms occupied by Covid patients are 51% nationally, compared with a threshold of 40%: it is also a stable figure, but it now affects 15 regions, compared to 12 7 days before. The Agenas tracking, updated with the data from November 17, shows a generalized criticality from north to south.
Data from the Regional Health Services Agency (Agenas) are based on a reworking of those from Civil Protection and the Ministry of Health. In intensive care, the 30% threshold, identified by the decree of the Ministry of Health of April 30, 2020, is exceeded by: Abruzzo (37%), Basilicata (33%), Calabria (34%, a sharp increase in compared to 13% of the data from November 10), Campania (34%), Emilia Romagna (35%), Lazio (32%), Liguria (53%), Lombardy (64%), Marche (45%), PA Bolzano (57%), PA Trento (39%), Piedmont (61%), Puglia (41%), Sardinia (37%), Tuscany (47%), Umbria (55%), Valle d’Aosta (46%) ). While Sicily is at the limit value of 30%. With regard to hospitalizations in ‘non-critical’ areas, that is, in infectious diseases, pulmonology and internal medicine wards, the threshold of beds occupied by Covid patients, in this case defined as 40%, by: Abruzzo (47% ), Calabria (43%), Campania (47%), Emilia Romagna (47%), Lazio (49%), Liguria (74%), Lombardy (53%), Marche (52%), PA Bolzano (95% )), PA Trento (65%), Piedmont (92%), Puglia (51%), Tuscany (41%), Umbria (50%), Valle d’Aosta (73%, a sharp drop compared to 85% November 10).
