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In Sicily, new infections are back at more than a thousand, 1,059 to be precise at 9,526 swabs (11.1% of the positivity rate), but on the island the current positives (people who currently have Covid) are decreasing every second. consecutive day (-1,678). This is due to the large number of cured, 2,705 (never so many in a single day), but also to the 32 new victims. Observing the curve of the cured, in the last days in Sicily there have been “anomalous” figures. At least extremely high compared to the past, when it was said that “in Sicily there is little cure”. The causes of this change in course are not yet clear.
The trend that sees fewer people than hospitals continues: ordinary hospitalizations are 1,342 (-32 compared to yesterday), while the balance of intensive care units drops from 198 to 197. However, 21 new entrants to the critical area. 35,430 people are treated at home.
The map of new infections by province: Catania 424; Palermo 209; Messina 143; Ragusa 62; Drills 99; Syracuse 35; Agrigento 52; Caltanissetta 25; Enna 35.
Airport, from tomorrow rapid tests for all arriving passengers
Covid emergency: starting tomorrow, the intervention plan drawn up by the general director of the ASP, Daniela Faraoni, and by the commissioner for the Covid emergency, Renato Costa, will be activated at Palermo airport to prevent the spread of Covid during the next vacation. In the Covid-19 testing area (formerly the Rent a Car area), which can be reached by following the signs just outside the arrivals hall, there will be three teams, each comprised of twenty doctors, who will participate in three shifts. At the 15 workstations built by Gesap in the 1,000-square-meter test area, quick swabs can be performed for all passengers arriving from 6.30am to midnight. Positive antigens, on the other hand, will be subjected to a molecular swab at the same site, as required by the health protocol for definitive verification.
Before taking the test, it will be necessary to fill in the registration / pre-acceptance forms, available online at the link: https://www.aeroportodipalermo.it/test-covid19-form/ and in paper format at the information point at the arrivals hall and the entrance to the Covid testing area. By completing and submitting the online registration form, it will be possible to significantly shorten the waiting times for health exams. Registration does not give rise to a reservation order. To take the test, which will be free, it is mandatory to show the boarding pass. At the information point in the arrivals hall it will be possible to present the molecular or unhealthy test certificate, with a negative result. “Gesap renews its participation and collaboration with the Sicilian health authority in the plan to combat the virus – says Giovanni Scalia, CEO of Gesap, the management company of Falcone Borsellino – putting the safety of passengers disembarking in Palermo at the forefront, thanks also to a structure of one thousand square meters designed for the optimization and management of all phases of health screening ”.
The situation in the rest of Italy
The new bulletin of the Ministry of Health today Thursday, December 10, 2020 reports the decrease of the currently positive to 696,527 units compared to 16,999 new cases of Covid-19. Unfortunately, 887 deaths are reported today. In the hospital setting, 251 new patients have been admitted to the intensive care units. On a positive note: of the 1,787,147 coronavirus cases recorded in Italy since the start of the pandemic, 1,027,994 people have overcome the infection, 30,099 in the last 24 hours.
Compared to the average of the last four weeks, cases are reduced by half but with a third fewer tampons, on average for the first three days of the week. More than 710 thousand positive people, more than 27 thousand thanks also to almost 40 thousand cures. If the balance of hospitals shows a further decrease in the number of occupied beds, 152 new critically ill patients have been admitted to the different intensive care units.
Coronavirus, today’s newsletter Thursday, December 10
New cases: 16,999 (yesterday 12,756)
Cases tested: 71,113 (yesterday 50932)
Swabs (diagnosis and control): 171,586 (yesterday 118,475)
Currently positive: 696,527 (yesterday 710,515)
Hospitalized: 29,088, -565 (yesterday 29,653, -428)
Hospitalized in Intensive Care: 3,291, -29. 251 new (yesterday 3,320, -25,152 new)
Total positive cases: 1,787,147 (yesterday 1,770,149)
Deaths: 62,626 (yesterday 61,739, +499)
Total discharged / cured: 1,027,994, +30099 (yesterday 997,895, +39,266)
