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Milan, October 15, 2020 – Again growing coronavirus infections in Lombardy. In particular a Milan and province, where they are registered 1,032 cases in a single day, more than half of 1,844 new positives from the entire Region. Keep going wrong Varese, with 110 new infected, bad too Pavia, which goes back over 100, was never played in October. And it definitely keeps going bad there too Brianza, with its 150 positives after the record of 180 registered on October 13. In general, with a ratio of 6.3 positive people per 100 swabs Lombardy returns to the top, standing just below the 6.6% reached just on October 11. The trend continues to rise.
Fontana: “Decision on possible measures, no closure”
“We are monitoring the situation – said the president of the Lombardy Region this morning to Buongiorno on Sky TG24 Attilio Fontana. – and in the next few hours we will tell you if it is I need to take some action or if, on the contrary, it will be enough to be rigorously respectful of what has already been established ”. Excluding, for now, a new lock: “No, we have not reached that point. We are simply doing evaluations to understand what the figures are, what is the evolution of the virus, if there is any curve that is rising or that we can control, but for the moment we are already on the line. drawn last week, namely that of avoid gatherings, always wear the mask even outdoors and wash your hands frequently. Those minimum rules that may be enough. ”“ We have reached a point, ”he added,“ where we can no longer afford to do what we want and maintain those behaviors that this summer have unfortunately made life more or less normal. We cannot and must not do this “.” That being the case, even if we can’t mortgage the future, we will do everything possible to avoid a regional blockade “.
“His Milan – continued – we should ask a private person caution. Unfortunately, the concerns that derive from incorrect behavior are confirmed, the fact that 65% of the newly infected are between 19 and 49 years old shows that it is a young age that has been allowed to take a little. the hand in recent weeks and that is why now it makes us a little ‘worry’ and about what worries Fiera’s hospital “has never been closed, it is ready. I hope I don’t have to put it back into operation, I hope it continues to be a guarantee that we won’t need it. But the hospital is ready. “ distance education: “We talked about it with Minister Azzolina and she said she was against it, but instead she is willing to foresee a differentiation of entry and start times of individual lessons, to make sure there are no peaks. ”“ We don’t formally request distance learning, we request it as Regions. But now we are more interested in hearing this speech about the differentiation of schedules ”.
Gismondo: Let the technicians give data, not political recipes “
Talk about responsibility too Maria Rita Gismondo, director of the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Diagnosis of Bioemergences from the Sacco hospital in Milan: “In the fight against Covid-19 it is a moment of responsibility for all. We experts in whom the media attention is polarized have a very important task: to give few indications, the veracity of the data, without giving in to personal interpretations with excess of pessimism or optimism. It is our ethical duty, in the awareness that it gives we cannot suggest political solutions with incalculable consequences, which must take into account many factors, in addition to science ”.
17 deaths and 99 hospitalizations in one day
If infections increase, the situation does not change due to the number of deaths and hospitalizations. The focus on death data today marks the crossing of the threshold of 17 thousand total deaths: 17,011, of which 17 just yesterday. A double digit figure never reached in October. Official deaths from Covid 19, in Lombardy, were 15,974 on May 28. The threshold of 16,801 was reached on July 24: almost three months to reach another 200 victims. Basically the summer cost a thousand lives. A tribute that has not stopped, although it does not stop reaching 10 units a day, even in the “quiet” months of summer. And the intensive care trend memeanwhile, it is revealed that it is growing. At the beginning of October, 34 seriously ill patients were admitted to the different structures of the region, almost twice the hottest period. In 14 days, the threshold of 64 was reached. Thirty more people, which is equivalent to an average increase of 2 people per day. With respect to hospitalized in ordinary wards, On October 1, the total was 298. Over two weeks, the growth is 347 units. And ninety nine more They have arrived within the last twenty-four hours.
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