Coronavirus in Italy, today’s newsletter October 16: 10,010 new cases and 55 deaths



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In Italy, at least since the start of the coronavirus epidemic 391,611 people (+10,010 compared to yesterday, + 2.6%; yesterday +8,804) contracted the Sars-CoV-2 virus. Of these, 36,427 died (+55, + 0.2%; yesterday +83) and 247,872 were registered (+1,908, + 0.8%; yesterday +1,899). Currently the positive subjects of which there is certainty are 107,312 (+8,046, + 8.1%; yesterday +6,821); the bill goes up to 391,611 – as mentioned above – if the calculation also includes the dead and the cured, counting all the people who have tested positive for the virus since the beginning of the epidemic.

The epidemic curve continues to rise alarmingly. Today’s cases represent a new peak in infections: never so many in our country in 24 hours. This is the third consecutive peak since 7,332 new cases were registered on October 14 (here the bulletin), surpassing the maximum peak of March 21 in the most critical phase of the epidemic, followed by yesterday’s peak with 8,804 new positives (here the bulletin), but The situation today is different from that of March, both in the number of swabs carried out and in the number of people in the Covid rooms that at the moment do not put the health system at risk of collapse, although some regions already have hospitals under pressure (such as Lombardy ). But the growth worries the government, ready to launch new restrictions to contain the contagion.

the Regions most affected of the increase in cases are the same as yesterday: Lombardy (+2,419) who holds the record for the most infections for the fourth day in a row, Campania (+1,261) e Piedmont (+821).

me tampons They were 150,377 (12,555 less than yesterday, which had been 162,932). The percentage of positives identified today, compared to the number of swabs processed, is around 7% (precisely 6.6%), it means that out of 100 tests performed, 7 were positive, yesterday it was 5% (precisely 5.4%). This number gives an idea of ​​the growth of infections, regardless of the number of swabs performed. This is the map of contagion in Italy.

me hospitalized patients with symptoms are 6,178 (+382, + 6.6%; yesterday +326), while the most serious in intensive care they are 638 (+52, + 8.9%; yesterday +47). The number of hospitalized patients is increasing: to have so many people in treatment, it is necessary to go back to May 31 for hospitalized patients (at that time there were 6,387) and to May 21 for intensive care (at that time there were 640) .

Today in Italy there are 107,312 people who have the virus, the figure is close to that of the peak of total positives in our country (excluding recoveries and deaths) that occurred on April 19, when the positives were 108,257 (with overcrowded hospitals – 25,033 hospitalized and 2,635 in intensive care – with 433 deaths).

Here all the bulletins of the last days and months. This is the map of contagion in the world. Here the latest news of the day.

The cases Region by Region

The data provided below, and broken down by Region, are total cases (number of positive people since the beginning of the epidemic: includes deaths and recovered). In the photo above you can see that of the currently positive subjects. The variation indicates the number of new cases registered in the last 24 hours.

Lombardy 121,130 (+2,419, + 2%; yesterday +2,067)
Emilia-Romagna 39,692 (+544, + 1.4%; yesterday +453)
Piedmont 41,895 (+821, + 2%; yesterday +1,033)
Veneto 34,277 (+704, + 2.1%; yesterday +600)
March 9,133 (+115, + 1.3%; yesterday +140)
Liguria 17,281 (+585, + 3.5%; yesterday +432)
Campania 23,033 (+1,261, + 5.8%; yesterday +1,127)
Tuscany 21,017 (+755, + 3.7%; yesterday +581)
Sicily 11,269 (+578, + 5.4%; yesterday +399)
Lazio 22,796 (+795, + 3.6%; yesterday +594)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 6,093 (+165, + 2.8%; yesterday +136)
Abruzzo 5,825 (+178, + 3.1%; yesterday +203)
Puglia 10,734 (+313, + 3%; yesterday +257)
Umbria 4,210 (+198, + 4.9%; yesterday +263)
Bolzano 4,493 (+128, + 2.9%; yesterday +98)
Calabria 2,589 (+102, + 4.1%; yesterday +39)
Sardinia 5,736 (+133, + 2.4%; yesterday +186)
Valle d’Aosta 1,660 (+27, + 1.6%; yesterday +67)
Trento 6715 (+111, + 1.7%; yesterday +62)
Molise 864 (+21, + 2.5%; yesterday +30)
Basilicata 1,169 (+57, + 5.1%; yesterday +37)

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October 16, 2020 (change October 16, 2020 | 17:52)

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