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There are 699 new cases of coronavirus in Sicily, while eight people have died. These are two of the main ideas offered by the bulletin issued by the Ministry of Health shortly before 6:00 p.m. on the situation of the Coronavirus in Sicily in the last 24 hours. 24,073 swabs were processed. The positivity rate rose slightly to 2.9% (yesterday it was 2.8). It is worth noting the strong decrease in positives (-83) which, however, were identified with 3,500 fewer swabs than the previous day.
125 (+3) people are hospitalized in intensive care, seven (+1) have just entered the wards where patients affected by the virus and with a more delicate clinical picture are followed. The number of people hospitalized with symptoms related to Covid increases from 731 to 751 (+20).
In total, 15,316 people are in home isolation. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 4,430 people have lost their lives due to the coronavirus. In Sicily at the moment there are 16,192 current positives for the virus. The total number of people who have had Covid on the island since the beginning of the pandemic is 165,839.
Here are the new Covid cases registered today in Sicily, divided province by province (total and increase in cases): Palermo: 49,370 (342); Catania: 44 376 (74); Messina: 20,751 (56); Syracuse: 11536 (50); Trapani: 11 076 (13); Ragusa: 9.076 (31); Caltanissetta: 7,789 (70); Agrigento: 7,181 (61); Enna: 4,684 (2).
Coronavirus in Italy
Coronavirus, updates on the epidemiological situation in Italy in the new bulletin of the Ministry of Health today March 21. The epidemic does not stop: 20,159 infections detected in the last 24 hours out of 277,086 antigenic and molecular tests processed. Yesterday there were 23,832 new cases with a higher number of swabs. The number of deaths remains high (300) and the pressure in hospitals continues to increase: the balance of patients hospitalized in intensive care has even increased by 61 units, while in non-critical area wards there were 423 more patients than the day previous .
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