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The data on the evolution of the infection continue to improve although, in the last 24 hours, about 8 thousand swabs were performed
FLORENCE – The alert for the Covid epidemic remains high despite the new bulletin released by the Region: which testifies to a new decrease in today’s positives in the last 24 hours that have been registered 428 newly infected,
with an average age of about 48 years. Thus, the number of newly infected falls below 500, but swabs performed in the last 24 hours have also dropped a lot.
The newly infected were identified by performing molecular swabbing in 2,730 suspected cases of which 15.7% tested positive, a much lower percentage than 24 hours ago. Also adding the control swabs gives 5,510 tests.
The long and dramatic series of deaths continues: today there are 35, 17 men and 18 women with an average age of 82.7 years. The total number of Covid victims in Tuscany amounts to 2,993.
However, the infection is slowing down: today there are 2,453 more cured for a total of 80,461 people since the beginning of the emergency, 73.5% of the total infected in Tuscany.
Excluding the cured and the deceased, current positives for Sars-Cov2 are now 26,024, 7.3% less than yesterday. Of these, 1,588 hospitalized (30 less than yesterday), however, the tension in hospitals remains high: the number of Covid resuscitation patients has not changed, 53, and corresponds to 42% of the intensive care places available in Tuscany. (the safety limit is 30%).
Others 24,463 people infected with Covid-19 are isolated at home, having mild symptoms that do not require hospital care or are symptom-free (2,030 fewer than yesterday). On the other hand, there are 31,323 (291 less than yesterday, less 0.9%) people, also isolated, in active surveillance because they have had contact with infected people (ASL Center 10,198, Northwest 15,420, Southeast 5,707).
The following are the cases of positivity in the area with the change from yesterday.
– 30,575 cases in total to date in Florence (99 more than yesterday), 9,654 in Prato (54 more), 9,654 in Pistoia (51 more),
– 6,952 in Massa (41 more), 11,072 in Lucca (23 more), 15,233 in Pisa (73 more), 7,659 in Livorno (29 more),
– 9,826 in Arezzo (26 more), 4,425 in Siena (18 more), 3,813 in Grosseto (14 more).
555 positive cases were reported in Tuscany, but residing in other regions. There are 208 cases found today in the Central Local Health Authority, 162 in the Northwest, 58 in the Southeast.
Tuscany ranks 10th in Italy in terms of the number of cases (including residents and non-residents), with about 2,934 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (Italian average of 2,887 x 100,000, yesterday’s figure). The provinces with the highest notification rate are Prato with 3,746 cases x 100,000 inhabitants, Pisa with 3,635, Massa Carrara with 3,567, and the lowest Siena with 1,656.
Unfortunately, today there are 35 new deaths: 17 men and 18 women with an average age of 82.7 years. Regarding the province of residence, the deceased are: 6 in Florence, 5 in Prato, 9 in Massa Carrara, 2 in Lucca, 5 in Pisa, 5 in Livorno, 2 in Siena, 1 in Grosseto.
2,933 have died since the beginning of the epidemic as follows: 1,049 in Florence, 209 in Prato, 225 in Pistoia, 331 in Massa Carrara, 270 in Lucca, 312 in Pisa, 220 in Livorno, 139 in Arezzo, 88 in Siena , 65 in Grosseto, 25 people died on Tuscan soil but were residents outside the region.
Tuscany’s crude death rate (number of deaths / resident population) for Covid-19 is 78.6 x 100,000 residents versus 100.4 x 100,000 for the Italian average (11th region). Regarding the provinces, the highest mortality rate is found in Massa Carrara (169.8 x 100,000), Florence (103.7 x 100,000) and Prato (81.1 x 100,000), the lowest in Grosseto (29.3 x 100,000).
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