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From the Superior Institute of Health (ISS) it appears that before the end of the weekend there will be no significant numbers available at the beginning of Phase 2. We will have to wait until next Friday to find out if the reopening of activities and the freedom returned to citizens have done “damage”. In the next 48 hours, the Scientific Technical Committee (CTS) will meet for a first verification of the data on infections in the different Regions.
Green light cdm to investigate seroprevalence in Italians – Meanwhile, the government has given the green light to the decree law that introduces “urgent measures in relation to the implementation of a seroprevalence investigation. The text, considering the need to urgently have reliable and complete epidemiological studies and statistics on the immune status of the population “. “The survey – read the press release – will be carried out in the public interest in the public health sector, as part of a seroprevalence survey carried out jointly by the competent offices of the Ministry of Health and the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT ) “.
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The infection numbers – Meanwhile, the total number of infected, which also include the cured and the deceased, with 1,083 new cases, marks the lowest level since March 10, with the only exception of May 5, when the increase was only slightly less (1,075) . The proportion of new infected swabs performed (69,171 in one day) is the lowest, 1.6%. One positive case for every 64 tests, in essence (without taking into account the repeated swabs in the same case, which affect more than 40% on average).
Record cured and discharged – The cure increases by 4,008 units in 24 hours, bringing the total to 103,031, for the first time more than 100,000 and a little less than three times the victims. The patients, the “currently positive” of the Civil Protection, are now 84,842, 3,119 less in 24 hours, almost double the previous day. The number of people hospitalized with symptoms was also positive, 13,834 with a decrease of 802, and in isolation at home, 69,974, well 2,183 less than the previous day.
Intensive care is emptied – The decrease in the number of patients in intensive care continues, since for weeks, one of the most important parameters together with R with 0 of the Regions to evaluate the measures in Phase 2. Throughout Italy, 134 people abandoned resuscitation , bringing the total number of beds occupied to 1,034 (on April 3 there were 4,068). This leaves a certain margin of safety in case the contagion curve shoots up again in severe cases.
Lombardy also improves its data – In Lombardy, ICU patients are now 330, about 70 fewer than the previous day (in Piedmont they increase by 3). In the true region of the pandemic erupting volcanoes in Italy, data on victims also improved – 85 in one day, also falling below 100 today – and on the sick, who fell within 24 hours at 1,721 due to a multi-day accumulation of data. . Lombardy, however, still registers 502 new cases, almost half of the national cases. Given that it could weigh at the time of the differentiated reopens on May 18, given that 7 regions (Molise, Calabria, Valle d’Aosta, Puglia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Umbria, Sardinia) and the Autonomous Province of Trento did not register victims in 24 hours. And for Sardinia it is the seventh consecutive day.
50 cent masks arrive (but collected) – Meanwhile, Federfarma announces that the 50-cent masks are reaching pharmacies in big cities, but that on Monday, given the high demand, it may already be running out.
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