Coronavirus, another 16,308 infections and 553 deaths. The curve no longer goes down: from Monday to today the same cases as last week

There are 16,308 new coronavirus infections recorded in Italy, a slight decrease compared to 18,000 yesterday. The number of tampons however, it remains unchanged: in the last 24 hours, 176 thousand were carried out (3 thousand less than yesterday). Consequently the Speed of positivity, that is, the relationship between positives and tests, falls again, going from 10% to 9.2%. 553 deaths. As to hospitals, the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health confirms that the pressure on health facilities continues to decrease: 405 beds have been released in medical area, while 35 those of intensive care (net of entries and exits).

However, looking at the trend weekly, the fears of the last days are confirmed: the total number of infections has remained practically unchanged compared to 7 days ago, reflecting how the curve no longer descends at the expected speed. In fact, it is practically flat. From Monday to today there were 96,982 positives, slightly more than the 96,947 from last week. However, two weeks ago, infections were at 124,812, while at the end of november (23-28) had reached 155 thousand. Hence the need to enact stricter rules for Christmas, as the president of the ISS reiterated yesterday Silvio Brusaferro me Gianni rezza of the Ministry of Health, to prevent the virus from running again.

Among the Regions is once again the Veneto to mark the largest increase in daily infections (+3,834), although slightly below 4,000 yesterday. There Lombardy It is the second, but with practically half of the cases (1,944), of which more than 700 in the province of Milan and 248 in the area of ​​Brescia. They follow Emilia romagna (+1,641), Lazio (+1,410) e Apulia (+1,382). Campania (949), along with Friuli (974) and Sicilia (878), are slightly below 1,000 positives. There are 638 verified cases in Piedmont, 540 of Tuscany. The other regions range from 380 infections in Sardinia to 156 in Abruzzo. The only territories with less than 100 cases per day are always Basilicata (+66), Aosta Valley (+23) my Molise (+49).

Since the start of the pandemic to date, nearly 2 million (1,938,083) people have tested positive for COVID-19 in our country, of which 457,423 only in Lombardy. 68,447 deaths. Currently there are 620,166 positive citizens, of which 592,018 are in home isolation and 25,364 hospitalized in the medical area (4,495 in Lombardy, 3,437 in Piedmont and 2,819 in Emilia Romagna). Patients requiring hospitalization in intensive care instead, there are 2,784, of which 592 in Lombardy and 339 in Veneto.