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The cases of contagion of coronavirus in Italy continue to grow and with them also increases the number of people hospitalized and forced to intensive care. This is what emerges from the latest weekly monitoring report from the Ministry of Health and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, referring to the period 14-20 September. The virus is now circulating throughout the country. An increase in new cases reported in Italy for the eighth consecutive week is confirmed with a cumulative incidence in the last 14 days of 31.4 per 100,000 inhabitants while it was 29.4 per 100,000 inhabitants in the first 13 days of September ” Reads the report that accounts for the rebound in intensive care hospitalizations that in some areas of the country are showing peaks of up to 10%.
“Virus almost always contracted in the national territory”
“Spot one local transmission of the virus, spread throughout the national territory, which causes outbreaks even of considerable size, especially at home “write the technicians. The increase in the number of diagnosed cases, however,” cannot be attributed solely to an increase in imported cases (from a foreign state and / or from another Region) or an increase in screening activity, “says the report. Most of the reported cases (84.2%), in fact,” continue to contract in the national territory, with a slight decrease in cases imported from abroad and imported from another Region. “27.6% of the new cases diagnosed throughout the country were identified through detection activities, while 35.8% in contact tracing activities. symptomatic (31.4%) or the reason for the diagnostic evaluation is not reported (5.2%) “.
832 new sources of coronavirus infection discovered
In the week considered, they generally reported 2,868 active outbreaks in Italy, of which 832 are new, both for the eighth consecutive week. Coronavirus outbreaks have occurred in almost all provinces (102/107) but 28.7% of new cases are not associated with known transmission chains. Most outbreaks continue to occur in the home / family setting (76.1% of all active outbreaks), with a slight increase in leisure-related (6.3%) and work-related (5, 6%). %). “Although in the last three weeks there was an increase in the average age of the reported cases, this week the average age remains stable at 41 years,” says the report from the ISS Ministry of Health.
Transferability index of Rt Italia at 0.95
As toRt of Italy in the period from 3 to 16 September is equal to 0.95 therefore below the threshold limit of 1 but is emphasized only in symptomatic cases “The TR calculated on symptomatic cases, although it is still the most reliable indicator at the regional level and comparable in time to monitor transmissibility, could slightly underestimate the actual transmission of the virus at the national level”, the experts explain, also recalling that ” No It is currently possible to assess the impact that the opening of schools in Italy will have on the advance of the epidemic. It is believed that this aspect will be assessable from the next 2-3 weeks. “
“Maintain prudent behavior and avoid meetings”
In light of these data but also of the situation in neighboring countries “which is quite worrying”, “a prudent behavior is necessary, avoiding gatherings and maintaining physical distance,” he recalled. Giovanni Rezza, Director General of Health Prevention of the Ministry of Health, adding that “it is always advisable to use masks in a public place and wash your hands frequently.” Precisely “The maintenance of rigorous measures allows today to have a more contained impact on the health of the population and on the health system than in other European countries”, the experts add in the report, recalling however that “This should not lead to underestimating the risk that would be generated from the authorization of events and initiatives of aggregation in public places, and of individual behaviors also linked to moments of improvised aggregation ”.
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