Rt rises to 0.90, five regions are still at high risk- Corriere.it

Contagion index (Rt) that increases for the second consecutive week and the incidence of the pandemic remains high. The highlights of the weekly report on the trend of the coronavirus in Italy published by the Higher Institute of Health (Iss). The RT, which measures the speed of spread of contagion and which is the first index that is awakened in the event of a resumption of the epidemic, goes from 0.86 to 0.90: a not strong increase but until 15 days ago this indicator was in continuous descent. In general, the incidence in Italy remains very high and the impact of the epidemic still remains in most of the country. Furthermore, a moderate or high risk of an uncontrolled and unmanageable epidemic is still observed in most of the autonomous communities and provinces. This situation confirms the need to maintain the line of rigor of the mitigation measures adopted during the Christmas holidays, highlights the ISS.

In particular, 5 regions (Liguria, Marche, Puglia, Umbria and Veneto) are classified as high risk. Twelve are classified as moderate risk, of which 4 (Emilia-Romagna, Molise, Trentino and Valle d’Aosta) have a high probability of progressing to high risk in the next month if the current transmissibility remains unchanged. The remaining four regions are classified as low risk. In addition, in thirteen regions they remain beyond the critical threshold of admissions.