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In the day in Sicily Another 685 people were vaccinated Among health workers, operators and older hosts of the rsa, 650 of the 5,693 swabs processed are newly infected with Coronavirus (positive rate of 11.4%). Obviously it is still too early to see the effects of the vaccine, but what is worrying is the number of hospitalizations that, after days in constant decline, rise again. According to today’s bulletin issued by the Ministry of Health, in fact, the ordinary beds occupied in the hospital are 1,064, 37 more than yesterday. While intensive care is 175 (+1), with 15 new participants. The number of victims is still high: 28 today.
There are also 543 cured, with current positives increasing by 79 units to 33,246. The map of new cases by province: Catania 117, Palermo 187, Messina 112, Ragusa 33, Trapani 3, Syracuse 56, Caltanissetta 89, Agrigento 4, Enna 49.
The data of the last week in Sicily
In the week that just ended, the new positives in Sicily were 5,087, a value lower than 19.8% compared to last week. Positive swabs are equivalent to 10.5% of the swabs performed during the week. With reference to the cases analyzed, the percentage of positives in the week was 17.0%, compared to 17.4% last week. The number of current positives is 33,167, 716 less than the previous week.
With reference to all the swabs performed since the start of the controls, the percentage of positive swabs over the total swabs performed is equal to 7.5%. There are 1201 hospitalized, of which 174 are in intensive care. Compared with last week, they decreased by 53 people (-4 the number of patients admitted to intensive care). In the week just ended, there were 82 new intensive care admissions (up from 93 the previous week).
The table with absolute values
The number of cured (54,151) increased by 5,660 compared to the previous week. The percentage of cured on the positive total is 60.4% (last Sunday it was 57.4%). The number of deaths, equal to 2,298, increased by 143 people compared to the previous week. The fatality rate (deaths / total positives) is 2.6% (last Sunday 2.5%). The total number of hospitalized patients represents 3.6% of current positives (those hospitalized in intensive care 0.5%). All data is updated on Sunday, December 27.
The situation in the rest of Italy
The new bulletin shows an increase in hospitalized for symptoms (+361) and the access of 167 new patients in intensive care. Unfortunately, 445 deaths are still recorded today. Only 8,585 new cases, but in a very small number of swabs (29,665 cases analyzed). The latest coronavirus bulletin released yesterday recorded 305 deaths and only 8,913 new cases, but only 59,879 swabs. 581,760 people currently positive for Sars-Cov-2 in Italy.
Coronavirus, today’s newsletter Monday, December 28
New cases: 8,585 (yesterday 8,913)
Cases tested: 29,665 (yesterday 24,757)
Swabs (diagnosis and control): 68,681 (yesterday 59,879)
Currently positive: 575,221 (yesterday 581,760)
Hospitalized: 23,932, +361 (yesterday 23,571)
Hospitalized in ICU: 2,565, -15, 167 new (yesterday 2,580, 148 new)
Total positive cases: 2,056,277
Deceased: 72,370, +445 (yesterday 298)
Total discharged / cured: 1,408,686
