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A Christmas in a pandemic. While the Government expects Italians to respect the anti-Covid rules even during these three days of celebration, the Eve Bulletin says that the situation in Sicily remains stable with an Rt below the national average (0.8). 853 new cases have been found on the island out of 8,135 swabs processed, with a positive rate of 10.4% (yesterday it was 10%). The casualty curve descends, albeit slowly, to 26 today, yesterday there were 10, but in recent weeks it was always above 40.
The number of beds occupied in the hospital continues to decrease: ordinary hospitalizations for Coronavirus are now 1,008 (-20), while those in intensive care go to 173 (-3) but with 16 new admissions (yesterday there were 6). Waiting for “Vaccine Day”, that in Palermo will be at the Civic Hospital on Sunday, December 27 there are 1,061 recovered, so the current positives also drop, which are 33,380 on the island.
Chapter Provinces. Catania is always the most affected, with 269 new infections registered. Then Palermo follows with 228, Messina with 77, Siracusa with 87, Trapani with 66, Ragusa with 37, Agrigento with 33, Enna with 29 and Caltanissetta 27.
The situation in the rest of Italy
The Rt index goes back. The Istituto Superiore di Sanità has made it known that the value at 14 days “what we know is the most stable indicator compared to the one at 7 days, is in almost all regions less than 1” also if “we have a slight upward trend , because last week it was 0.86 this week it is 0.90 “. This was highlighted by Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), during the press conference at the Ministry of Health on the analysis of data from the regional monitoring of the control room.
The region that currently has the highest Rt index in Italy is Veneto (1.13). Molise follows, with a Rt of 1.07. The two regions are above 1 with the average RT of 14 days and the punctual RT, according to the report of the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health. All other regions are located under this “epidemic basin”, but there are other regions very close to the critical threshold of 1: Lazio 0.98; Lombardy 0.96; Apulia 0.97. The other Rt are: March 0.93; Trento 0.9; Liguria 0.88; Calabria 0.84; Sardinia 0.82; Friuli Venezia Giulia and Sicilia at 0.8; Umbria 0.78; Basilicata 0.77; Bolzano 0.76; Abruzzo 0.73; Tuscany 0.71; Piedmont and Valle D’Aosta at 0.68; Campania 0.66.
Coronavirus: today’s newsletter, December 24
Currently positive: 593,632 (yesterday 598,816)
Deceased: 505 (yesterday 553)
High / cured: 22,718 (yesterday 20,494)
Hospitalized: -511 (yesterday -465)
Hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit: -35 (yesterday -63)
Buffers: 193,777 (yesterday 175,364)
Total cases: 2,009,317 | +18,040 (yesterday +14,522)
