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And after Financial times further Foreign policy praises Italy for managing the pandemic. The magazine highlights how, while the deadlocked foreign press spoke of a nation that seemed inadequate to handle a dramatic situation, we are now witnessing a sea change in just six months. “Italians did not bring the level of sickness below the best performing countries like Germany and Finland, but they have reached a very low number of victims even when compared to these.” From Fiumicino airport to ports and stations, Italy is seen as a model for the massive presence of tests for travelers.
And one of the main European organizations, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Ecdc), reiterates the need for a 14-day quarantine – the Italian position, while France and Belgium have reduced it to 7-. Director Andrea Ammon explains: “The discussion on the ideal length of quarantine has not ended and for now our indication remains at 14 days.”
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“Prohibitions and masks”. Because Italy is better than the rest of Europe
The situation in the regions
There are 11 regions that see an increase in cases, the others remain more or less at the same level as the previous week or even decrease. Apart from the Molise which has very low absolute data and marks + 128% but because it goes from 22 to 50 cases, and apart from theAbruzzo (+ 66%, from 118 to 195), growing more is the Sicily. It reaches 762 weekly cases, 42.7% more than before. There Campania it is + 34.3%, because it goes from 974 cases to 1,308. The situation is similar Piedmont (627 absolute diagnoses) and Lazio (1,337) who see the number grow by approximately 21%. the Veneto exceeds a thousand (1,025) with an increase of 19% and the provinces of Trento me Bolzano they make + 16%. There Tuscany reaches 756 cases (+ 15.2%) and the Sardinia to 392. We observe how the South, which was saved from the epidemic in its most violent phase, now finds many positive aspects.
Tampons grow back, a record close to
After a slight decrease, in the week of September 16-22 the tests begin to grow again. There were 632,035, just 6,000 less than the seven days from September 2 to 8, when the historical record was reached since the beginning of the epidemic. It is good to remember that the ability to take exams has increased a lot compared to the most difficult periods, such as March and April, when we do not reach 400 thousand swabs a week and, in fact, we often fall abundantly below. It is interesting to see how the relationship between tests carried out and positive cases continues to increase, showing that the virus circulates more and is not found only because more tests are done. The last week the data was 1.73% and going back in time was 1.70%, 1.55%, 1.50%, 1.35%, 1.05%, 0.85%, 0.55% and so on.
Deaths and hospitalizations
In one week in Italy, 105 people died from Covid. Deaths generally occur within a dozen days of hospitalization and are therefore linked to the trend of the epidemic about two weeks earlier. However, between Tuesday 16 and last Tuesday they were 33% more than the previous week, when they were 70 years old (the previous figure was 72, according to Giorgio Presicce, an analyst from the Tuscany Region who uses the numbers that he communicates daily. Civil protection. ). They were previously 46 and 40 years old, a sign that, however, although less clearly, the death curve is also moving.
If we look at the occupied intensive care beds, it must be taken into account that the data photographs the situation of each day, without taking into account how many left and how many entered that room in the same 24 hours. In any case, on September 22, 239 people were welcomed, 38 more than the last day of the previous week, which ended on the 15th. The increase was, therefore, 19.2%, more contained than the 40% of the previous seven days. Obviously, the rising total contagion curve is not compromising resuscitation rooms in a worrying way. The continuation of this trend is one of the objectives of the health service. However, to find a similar number of occupied beds you have to go back to June 10, when there were 49.
Coronavirus, cases increase and the average age of the positives goes back: “Infections in the family from young to old”
The total of hospitalizations last Tuesday was 2,843, compared to 2,423 on September 15. Therefore, the increase was 25%, very similar to that of the previous week (+ 27%). In one month, the occupied Covid beds in Italy have increased by 2 thousand units.
