Covid-19, 1,382 new positive cases in Puglia

The president of the Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, based on information from the director of the Department of Health Promotion, Vito Montanaro, reports that today Saturday, December 19, 2020 in Puglia, 10,848 tests have been registered and recorded for infection by Covid-19 coronavirus. 1,382 positive cases:

• 566 in the province of Bari,
• 49 in the province of Brindisi,
• 153 in the BAT province,
• 241 in the province of Foggia,
• 55 in the province of Lecce,
• 309 in the province of Taranto,
• 6 residents outside the region,
• 3 cases of province of unknown residence.

26 deaths were recorded: 18 in the province of Bari, 5 in the province of Foggia, 2 in the province of Lecce, 1 in the province of Taranto.

Since the beginning of the emergency, 951,771 tests have been carried out.

• 24,263 are recovered patients.
• 53,389 are currently positive cases.

The total of positive Covid cases in Puglia is 79,808, divided as follows:

• 30,676 in the province of Bari;
• 9,270 in the province of Bat;
• 5,840 in the province of Brindisi;
• 17,603 in the province of Foggia;
• 6,260 in the province of Lecce;
• 9,621 in the province of Taranto;
• 468 attributed to residents outside the region;
• 70 province of unknown residence.

The APL prevention departments have activated all the procedures for the acquisition of anamnestic and epidemiological information, with the aim of tracking close contacts.
The epidemiological bulletin of the Puglia region of 12/19/2020 is available at the link: http://rpu.gl/UNbfQ