Coronavirus in Lombardy, 135 positives and two deaths. In intensive care +2

Milan, August 31, 2020 – Sono 135 the new positives found in Lombardy in the last 24 hours, with 9,866 tampons processed (1,596,833 since the start of the Covid-19 emergency). Yesterday the increase was 235, with about three thousand more tampons. Of the new positives – announces the Region in its daily update – 20 are “weakly positive” and 8 are derived from serological tests. “The relationship between the number of new swabs and the positive ones found is equal to1.36% “, explains Palazzo Lombardia. Yesterday the figure was 1.8%. Two new deaths (There were three on Sunday), bringing the total to 16,865 victims since the beginning of the emergency. From the front of the hospital to record a further increase in hospitalizations: + 2 in intensive care (22 in total) and +1 in other departments (195). The number of cured / discharged patients increased by 10, 76,258 in total, of which 1,286 were discharged and 74,972 recovered.

The data of the provinces

Regarding the distribution of new cases, the first place is the Milan province with 54 positives, of which 30 in the regional capital. Second, the province of Bergamo (+19), followed by Monza and Brianza (+13) my Lecco (+11). Single-digit increases in the other Lombard provinces. Increase of 8 in the province of How, from 7 to Brescia me Varese. Cremona dial +3 while Lodi, Pavia and Sondrio they are more one. Zero new infections in the Mantua area.

In Italy 996 cases and 6 deaths

New cases have also declined nationally. According to data from the Ministry of Health, the new positives found in the last 24 hours are in fact less than a thousand. Today’s increase is 996 (with 58,518 buffers, about 23,000 less than yesterday), compared to 1365 yesterday. On the other hand, the number of victims increases, six in one day (yesterday there were four), for a total of 35,483 deaths. The region with the most new infections is Campania (184, with 5,783 swabs) followed by Lazio (148, with 13,093 swabs). Lombardy ranks third, ahead of Emilia-Romagna, with 117 new cases per day and 6,132 swabs processed. (Data Region by Region / PDF)