Coronavirus data today, Friday, November 20



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In the last 24 hours, 37,242 new positive cases of coronavirus and 699 have been detected in Italy deaths from COVID-19. The people currently hospitalized are 37,705 (383 more than yesterday), of which 3,748 in intensive care (36 more than yesterday) and 33,957 hospitalized with symptoms (347 more than yesterday). 238,077 swabs were tested and 116,853 people were tested. 15.6 percent of the swabs for which the report was reported were positive. Yesterday the registered infections were 36,176 and 653 deaths.

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The region with the most cases was Lombardy (9,221). They are followed by Campania (4,226), Piedmont (3,861), Veneto (3,468), Lazio (2,667), Emilia-Romagna (2,533) and Tuscany (2,207).

The provinces with the highest number of cases are Milan (3,706), Naples (3,107), Turin (2,056), Rome (1,420), Monza and Brianza (986), Como (948), Varese (922) , Caserta (897), Bolzano (736), Padua (724) and Treviso (708).

Today’s main news

  • On Friday, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, signed a new ordinance with which Calabria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta are confirmed as “red zones”, those with the highest risk of contagion and in which the most measures are foreseen. restrictive, and Apulia and Sicily “orange zones”. The new ordinance is effective immediately, it will be in effect until December 3 and it was necessary because today the November 5 ordinance that established the red and orange areas expired.
  • In the last seven days, the cases of coronavirus registered in Italy have been approximately the same as in the previous week: about 242 thousand. Therefore, the curve has stabilized, albeit in very high figures, which once again puts the health system in crisis. For the epidemic to be under control, they will still have to drastically decline – slowing down new cases is a first step. Here we have explained all the data in detail.
  • The mass screening began this morning at 8 in South Tyrol, which aims to subject 70 percent of the population to rapid coronavirus tests, about 350 thousand people. The residents of the autonomous province will be able to do swabs, free and voluntary, until Sunday.



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