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A slight decrease in the Rt index and in the incidence of cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. But Italy is still in full emergency. This is what emerges from the latest Covid Monitoring report, relative to the period from November 30 to December 6: “There is a slight decrease in Covid cases nationwide, but the incidence remains high, 450 cases per 100,000 and in Some areas, on the other hand, there is an increase ”, observes the general director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza.
Despite the slight decrease in the contagion curve, the bed occupancy rate in the medical area and in intensive care still remains above the critical threshold. For this reason, “extremely prudent behavior is still necessary and administrations must also maintain a high level of alertness.”
Analyzing the report, there are 5 autonomous regions / provinces with a high overall risk rating. Among these is also Puglia, which is company with Emilia Romagna, Sardinia, Veneto and the province of Trento.
“In particular, two of the five Regions classified as high risk (Puglia and Sardinia, ed) have been classified as high risk and / or have been equated to high risk for 3 or more consecutive weeks; The adoption of concrete measures at the provincial and regional level is foreseen based on the document “Prevention and response to Covid-19: evolution of the strategy and planning in the transition phase for the autumn-winter period” transmitted with the Circular of the Ministry of Health of 12/10/2020 Prot. 32732 “.
The Rt index in Italy fell to 0.82. Apulia is in line with the national result, registering a rt 0.8, which nevertheless remains among the highest (only Molise, Friuli, Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Veneto and the province of Trento have a higher index).
“There is a slight decrease in hospitalizations in the medical area and in intensive care but still with a strong impact on hospital services. This national panorama underlies a diversified panorama at the regional and subregional level, where there are sometimes signs of instability, if not an additional increase in the number of cases. The high incidence and the current strong impact on health services require waiting for a significant reduction before considering a relaxation of mitigation measures, including mobility, in addition to the need to maintain high attention to behaviors “, read the report.
Regarding infections, there is a decrease in the number of cases not attributable to known transmission chains (more than 12,600 fewer), while the percentage of cases detected by screening remains stable. On the other hand, the cases detected by the appearance of symptoms increased, albeit slightly (from 30.2% to 32.3%. The number of infections identified through screening activities stood at almost 30%).
In summary, despite the timid signs of improvement, the alert level remains high: “The still too high incidence and the current strong impact on health services require waiting before considering a relaxation of mitigation measures, including mobility measures, in addition to the need to maintain a high focus on behaviors. The five Regions that are still classified as High risk of an uncontrolled and unmanageable epidemic are recommended to rapidly adopt mitigation measures as indicated in the document “Prevention and response to Covid-19: evolution of the strategy and planning in the phase of transition for the autumn-winter period “transmitted with the Circular of the Ministry of Health of 12/10/2020 Prot. 32732. It is also recommended that the Regions / ASF with a very high incidence, especially in increase, adopt a particular rigor in the application of the indications provided in the document “Prevention and response to Covid-19: evolution of the strategy and planning in the transition phase for the autumn-winter period” transmitted with the Circular of the Ministry of Health of 10/12 / 2020 Prot. 32732 for the level of own risk and consider a possible escalation of 5 measures where in subregional contexts where there were situations of higher incidence, sov collection of se services and / or superior transferability “.
