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In the last 24 hours in Italy, there have been 34,764 new cases of coronavirus infection and 692 deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 37,821 hospitalized patients (116 more than yesterday), of which 3,758 in intensive care units (10 more than yesterday) and 34,063 in the rest of the wards (106 more than yesterday). 237,225 swabs were tested and 121,315 people were tested. 14.7 percent of the swabs for which the report was reported were positive. Yesterday 37,242 infections and 699 deaths were registered.
Today’s main news:
• On the night of Friday to Saturday, the government approved a new aid decree for the categories most affected by the restrictions. The final text of the “RistoriTer Decree” is not yet there, but the government has anticipated that it contains a new allocation of 1,450 million euros “to compensate for the economic activities that operate in the Regions that move to a higher risk range. There are also 400 million euros for municipalities for initiatives of food aid to families in greater economic difficulty, and 100 million for the purchase and distribution of medicines for patients with COVID-19. To these aid, said the Minister of Economy, Roberto Gualtieri, will be added 8 billion that the government has proposed to allocate to new aid in a forthcoming decree, subject to the authorization of Parliament.
• Today the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza said that improvements in the epidemiological situation can be seen “but they are still completely insufficient”, and spoke of a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus “probably unprecedented”, hoping that it can begin at the end of January. .
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