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Lazio runs the risk of moving from the yellow zone, the most elastic, to the orange zone, the band in which the prohibitions are a bit strict. Today, the Benessere Italia control room will analyze the report of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and the Ministry of Health and the indicators to determine if a territory deserves the red, orange or yellow zone.
Subsequently, Minister Roberto Speranza was able to issue the ordinance that could then come into force as of Sunday, November 22. Based on what has been leaked, Lazio’s case will be carefully evaluated, even if the latest results bode well.
The Region said it was ready for a possible tightening but, for now, as the colors are activated based on the data, it seems difficult that the first region where the Rt index fell below 1 would change the risk range.
The rt index falls below 1 in Lazio
Yes, because the councilor for health and social and sanitary integration of the Lazio Region, Alessio D’Amato, at the end of the videoconference of the regional working group for Covid-19 with the general directors of the ASL and hospitals, university polyclinics and the pediatric hospital for children. Jesús announced on Thursday, November 19, that the Rt index is at 0.9.
The reduction in the contagion rate is not the only good news. “The mean time decreases – D’Amato emphasizes – between the onset of symptoms and the date of diagnosis from 4 to 2 days. The indicator of total human resources dedicated to tracking activity is good ”.
Intensive care figure exceeds critical threshold
However, it is not only the Rt index that needs to be taken into account. The percentage of occupied intensive care beds in Lazio, in fact, has exceeded the critical threshold released by Agenas, the regional health services agency that has set the bar in 30%, while the region that now welcomes the capital is 32%. Not only that, in fact, 329 beds are occupied in hospitals in Lazio: never that much.
As for hospitalizations in ‘non-critical’ areas, that is, in infectious disease, pulmonology and internal medicine wards, the threshold of beds occupied by Covid patients, defined in this case as 40%, is still exceeded by Lazio now by 49%.
Data that D’Amato himself underlined in the November 19 bulletin: “The occupancy rate of the total intensive care beds in Lazio is 32% and that of the medical area for Covid patients 49%. We must not lower our guard. , we still need time. “
Lazio also welcomes patients from Campania
Meanwhile, people affected by Covid arrive in Lazio from Campania with cars and private ambulances, to be treated in the hospitals of Latina, Frosinone and the respective provinces. A phenomenon that could weigh on the management of the emergency within the region: “We are welcoming about 50 patients outside of Lazio, especially Campania, which is nevertheless the red zone. There is a great collaboration but if a patient arrives with a ‘private ambulance, maybe even in dire conditions, we can’t turn it down,’ D’Amato explained.
D’Amato: “Orange zone? I wouldn’t mind”
Numbers that must be taken into account so as not to saturate the hospitals, so D’Amato would not disdain a possible Lazio step into the orange zone: “The yellow stripe is not a medal, what matters are the numbers. I do not deny that no more caution would be upset, more caution also in Lazio, with the positioning in the orange zone. Given the above, our RT is decreasing, we will probably be below 1, while last week we were at 1.04. in the orange zone, “he said in an interview on Messenger.
In Lazio “the situation has stagnated in terms of the number of infections – added D’Amato – We are on the plateau, there is a slowdown. But everything is going very, very slowly. Even with regard to hospitalizations, we are not yet there. except … In recent days they have decreased, but the complexity has increased ”.
So: infections subside and the Rt index drops, but therapies and hospitalizations continue to rise. For this reason, as the counselor has repeatedly stressed, “we must not lower our guard”.
What to do in the orange zone
In the event of a transition to a more rigid range, Lazio will have to adopt new rules. In the orange zone it is possible to move only in your own municipality from 5 to 22, without having to motivate the move. Displacement to other municipalities and other regions is prohibited, except in cases of work, health or necessity. In addition, bars, restaurants, patisseries and ice cream parlors are closed in the orange zone.
You are only allowed to bring food to go, until 10pm. In the case of take away food, it cannot be consumed near the premises. In the orange band, attendance will continue at preschool, elementary, and middle schools.
