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Among the Covid victims in the region is Aviano’s general practitioner, Antonino Cataldo, 65. He was part of a group medicine practice. He worked until 3 weeks ago, always in the front line as Guido Lucchini, his study colleague, recalls. Then the first symptoms, on November 24, he was admitted to the hospital, his condition worsened until he was transferred to intensive care and the dramatic end. “We have faced this pandemic with few protection devices,” commented Pordenone Lucchini’s president of the order.
The Pordenone doctor is one of 23 victims to be tallied in the Region’s newsletter on Friday, December 11, including three deaths in recent days. Udine counts another fifteen deaths, while there are 3 in both Destra Tagliamento and Trieste, with two deaths in the Isonzo area.
The number of new cases is the highest in a week: 843 new cases, among which 181 from Trieste, 247 from Pordenone and 113 from Gorizia stand out, while Udine reports 292. cases.
The situation in hospitals is improving slightly: there is one more patient in intensive care, bringing the total to 63, but there are eight fewer in the other wards, for a total of 644.
The regional situation continues to be among the worst in Italy: comparing the data of the Region with those of the Ministry of Health, it seems that the average incidence of the virus in the last week is approximately 381 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the region. twice the national. Likewise, deaths exceed 17 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to a national average of more than 7.
The number of positive people is also growing again today, which in the region is 14,755, 43 more than yesterday.
