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LECCE – More than 10 thousand molecular swabs, just under 1,900 positive results recorded, of which 1303 in north-central Puglia, from Bari to Foggia via the Bat.
The proportion of smear positives (including repeat ones) is 18.6 percent, but the proportion of positives to proven cases is as high as 47. For the province of Lecce, the figure from the regional epidemiological bulletin is 139 new cases, and a cumulative incidence of 58.7 cases per 10,000 inhabitants, compared to a regional average of 155.6.
28 deaths have been reported, for a total of 1,823 since the start of the epidemic (the fatality rate is 2.7 percent). The number of hospitalized patients still fell slightly, from 1,823 to 1,796, of which 220 in serious conditions and 23 new admissions to intensive care units. Both data improved compared to the previous day (yesterday there were 227 patients in intensive care and 42 new entries). The increase in the number of cures was only 240 units compared to the previous one, for a total of 16,704.
The president of the Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, is ready to sign a new ordinance. Starting tomorrow, in fact, Apulia turns yellow with the consequent relaxation of some restrictions – you can go from one municipality to another, bars and restaurants can serve at the table until 18 – but the governor is evaluating with the councilor Lopalco the possibility of decreeing some orange areas: the provinces of Foggia and Bat and the part of the Murge area belonging to the metropolitan city of Bari.
Possible orange areas in the north of Puglia
“It does not reassure me – he wrote in a post – the fact that the Apulian health system is no longer under pressure as it was a few days ago. It does not reassure me that our intensive care units and Covid rooms are available for new hospitalizations Our hospital capacity is not available may be the motivation to lower our guard in controlling contagion Health workers are tired and we cannot think of leaving the task of dealing with the situation to the hospitals alone. classification as a yellow zone of Puglia based on the indicators and algorithms implemented The point from the Government could not offer sufficient guarantees for the maintenance of some territories. ”However, any provision of this type must pass the scrutiny of the Ministry of Health.
