Covid Newsletter Today: Coronavirus Infections in Italy. Data as of December 22



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Rome, December 22, 2020 – New bulletin about the epidemic of Coronavirus in Italy. Updates on infections, currently positive, dead, cured and intensive care are expected, which will be communicated today together with the data of antigenic test: the Ministry of Healthin fact, it accepted the Piedmont Region’s request to realign the national bulletin to data that includes antigen tests, and not just molecular ones. Meanwhile, fewer and fewer days remain for what has been called Day V: domenica 27, in fact, the administration of the Vaccine for COVID-19 in Spallanzani, where the first two cases of coronavirus occurred in Italy, and a nurse from the Institute of Rome will receive the first dose. Although you can see the end of the tunnel, the Covid variant continues to cause concern and Pfizer-Biontech and Moderna announced that they have begun testing their vaccines on the virus mutation.

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Local News / Veneto

I am 3,082 new cases of Coronavirus in Veneto (5% of the 59,000 swabs performed) in the last 24 hours, for a total of 222,588 positives from the start of the emergency to date. The number of people hospitalized today amounts to 3,286, of which 379 are in intensive care (more than 4 compared to yesterday). 150 people died per a total of 5,631 deaths since the beginning of the emergency to date.

Apulia

In Apulia have been registered 876 positive cases. Since the beginning of the emergency, 974,063 tests have been carried out. 26,726 are the recovered patients. 53,292 are currently positive cases. The total of positive cases of Covid in Puglia is 82,263.

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Today in Friuli Venezia Giulia have been detected 549 new infections in 8,324 swabs (equivalent to 6.6%), of which 917 antigen tests. THE deaths are 20, to which are added another 13 that took place from 11/25 to 12/20 and were subsequently registered. There are 57 hospitalized in intensive care units, while hospitalizations in other departments drop to 598. People who have tested positive for the virus in the region since the start of the pandemic totaled 45,984. The current cases of infection are 13,883. Total deaths reach 1,477, while those totally cured are 30,624, clinically recovered 667 and people in isolation fall to 12,561.




Tuscany

In Tuscany there are 116,544 cases of positivity for Coronavirus, 309 more compared to yesterday. New cases are 0.3% more than the total of the previous day. Those cured grew by 0.8% and reached 101,212 (86.8% of all cases). The swabs performed totaled 1,806,133, 8,563 more than yesterday, of which 3.6% positive. On the other hand, 2,920 subjects were analyzed today (excluding control swabs), of which 10.6% were positive. To these are added the 6,233 rapid antigenic swabs that are currently being made. Today’s positives are 11,837, -4.5% compared to yesterday. There are 1,116 hospitalized (34 less than yesterday), of which 175 in intensive care (10 less). Today they register 22 new deaths.

Abruzzo

There are a total of 33,620 positive cases in Covid 19 registered in Abruzzo from the beginning of the emergency. Compared to yesterday they are registered 86 new cases. There are 16 positives under the age of 19, of which 12 in the province of Chieti and 4 in the province of Teramo. The balance of patients passed away records 8 new cases and goes up to 1,137. The number of positive cases also includes 20,235 discharged / cured (+496 compared to yesterday). The positives currently in Abruzzo (calculated by subtracting the number of discharged / recovered and deceased from the total positives) are 12,248 (-418 compared to yesterday).




The other regions

363 Covid positives have been detected in the last 24 hours in Market. In Basilicata instead, there are 76 new positives. Also in Sardinia 184 cases and 12 deaths.

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