Coronavirus today: in Italy 17,572 infections with 199,489 swabs. 680 deaths



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the numbers of the epidemic

There are 2,926 patients in intensive care, 77 fewer than yesterday

Coronavirus: the newsletter of December 16 – Today’s data

There are 2,926 patients in intensive care, 77 fewer than yesterday

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THE DATA OF THE CONTAGION

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Today in Italy there have been 17,572 new infections, with 199,489 smears performed. Deaths in 24 hours were 680. The percentage of positives compared to swabs fell slightly to 8.8%: yesterday it was 9%. There are 2,926 patients in intensive care, 77 less than yesterday, with 191 new entries (yesterday 199). There are 26,897 patients with symptoms, 445 less than yesterday, while 615,883 people are in home isolation, 17,085 less than yesterday. The total of positives is currently 645,706; the discharges / recovered are 1,175,901, with an increase of 34,495 compared to yesterday. The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic is 1,888,144.

In the regions

Even today, Veneto remains the region with the highest number of new infections: 3,817. It is followed by Lombardy (2,997), Puglia (1,388), Emilia-Romagna (1,238) and Lazio (1,220). Under the thousand new infections (900) Campania. The region with the fewest new infections is Molise (25).

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In Lazio 1,220 cases, Rome remains below 600

“Today of the almost 16 thousand tampons in Lazio (+93) there are 1,220 positive cases (+61), 40 deaths (-43) and a record of cures of +4,134”. Thus, the regional councilor for Health Alessio D’Amato: “Cases are increasing, hospitalizations and intensive care are decreasing – adds D’Amato – the city of Rome remains below 600 cases (538)”.

Marche, -22 hospitalizations in 24 hours, -3 in intensive care

Another significant decrease in hospitalizations related to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Marche region: in the last day they went from 545 to 523 (-22). Patients in intensive care (from 78 to 75, -3) and in semi-intensive care (from 134 to 133, -1) and in non-intensive wards (from 333 to 315, -18) are decreasing. In 24 hours, according to the Health Service of the Region, 44 were discharged. The number of people treated in the emergency room also decreased (from 12 to 10, -2) and also that of guests of local structures (from 273 to 263 , -10). The decrease in positives in home isolation (10,608, -1,282) and the increase in cured / discharged patients (23,112, +1,230) are also significant. The number of people isolated at home by contact with those infected is also decreasing (11,462, -268), among whom there are 3,190 people with symptoms and 481 health workers.

THE DAY-TO-DAY TREND

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23 deaths and 405 new cases in Sardinia

The total number of positive cases of Covid-19 verified in Sardinia since the beginning of the emergency amounted to 27,142: 405 new cases (+174) were detected in the last update of the Regional Crisis Unit. The number of deaths is also high, 23 (623 in total). The victims: seven inhabitants from the province of Sassari, five from the metropolitan city of Cagliari, five from southern Sardinia, three from the province of Nuoro, three from that of Oristano. In total, 432,157 swabs were performed with an increase of 5,601 tests. On the other hand, 550 patients are currently hospitalized in non-intensive wards (-20 compared to yesterday’s figure), while the number of patients in intensive care is 57 (-1). There are 14,877 people in home isolation. The progressive number of positive cases includes 10,819 (+224) recovered patients, plus another 216 clinically recovered. In the territory, of the 27,142 positive cases verified in total, 5,894 (+112) were detected in the metropolitan city of Cagliari, 4,261 (+44) in the south of Sardinia, 2,153 (+37) in Oristano, 5,416 (+144) ) in Nuoro, 9,418 (+68) in Sassari.

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