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The key points
- In 14 intensive care regions and medical areas under pressure
- Threat mail to Minister Speranza: 4 suspects
The value of the national RT falls to 0.98, which last week was at 1.08. Then the alarm threshold represented by 1 is lowered again. These are the first values examined by the control room, which are part of the weekly monitoring carried out by the technicians of the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health on the data provided by autonomous regions and provinces. The incidence of new coronavirus infections is also improving, standing at 232 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, up from 240 last week.
Maintain strict measures
From the monitoring, the recommendation arises to maintain rigorous measures: “The incidence and transmissibility data, although slightly decreasing, combined with the strong overload of the hospital services, require maintaining rigorous national mitigation measures accompanied by timely mitigation / containment interventions in the areas of greater diffusion “. The recommendation also in light of the wide diffusion of some viral variants with greater transmissibility. Therefore, there is a” need to maintain the drastic reduction of physical interactions between people and mobility “, avoiding” opportunities contact with people outside the home who are not strictly necessary and stay at home as long as possible “.
Charging…
Six high-risk regions, in 13 moderate
“In general, the risk of epidemic remains at high levels with six Regions that have a high risk level: Calabria, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Puglia, Tuscany and Veneto”, says the draft of the monitoring report of the ISS-Ministry Health in the Week of March 22-28: Thirteen regions and autonomous provinces at moderate risk (of which 7 with a high probability of progression to high risk in the coming weeks). They are: Abruzzo, Campania, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, the autonomous province of Trento, Sardinia, Sicily, Umbria and Valle d’Aosta. The 7 “with high probability of high risk progression in the coming weeks” are Campania, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Marche, the autonomous province of Trento and Sardinia. Basilicata and the autonomous province of Bolzano, on the other hand, have a low risk classification.
In 14 intensive care regions and medical areas under pressure
The employment rate of intensive care and medical areas above the critical threshold increased in 14 autonomous regions and provinces, compared to 12 the previous week. The intensive care employment rate nationwide is on the rise and above the critical threshold of 30%: it is 41% compared to 39% last week.
The number of hospitalized patients is increasing
The number of people admitted to intensive care is increasing, from 3,546 (March 23, 2021) to 3,716 (March 30, 2021). The employment rate in medical areas nationwide is also on the rise and above the critical threshold (44%) with an increase in the number of people hospitalized in these areas: from 28,428 (March 23, 2021) to 29,231 ( March 30, 2021).
