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Another 29 deaths but also an increase in the number of infected, breaking the wall of 200 thousand units out of a population of 4.3 million (so herd immunity is a long way off and the only way to get there quickly is the campaign of vaccination) and improving the situation of hospitals. It is the image of the coronavirus epidemic in Piedmont today, Thursday, December 31, 2020.
As for the deceased, only one occurred in the last 24 hours, while the others were subsequently found in patients who lost their lives in the previous days. The total is now 7,922 deaths that tested positive for the virus, divided as follows by province: 1,214 Alessandria, 497 Asti, 334 Biella, 892 Cuneo, 662 Novara, 3,629 Turin, 373 Vercelli, 251 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in addition to 70 residents outside the region but died in Piedmont.
Today the crisis unit of the Region reported 1,417 new cases of people who tested positive for the virus, which is equivalent to 7.3% of the 19,369 swabs performed. There are 541 asymptomatic patients, which is equivalent to 38.2%, less than in previous days. The total of positive cases thus becomes 201,406, divided as follows by provinces: 17,901 Alessandria, 10,174 Asti, 6,994 Biella, 27,818 Cuneo, 15,660 Novara, 105,680 Turin, 7,624 Vercelli, 6,826 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in addition to 1,070 residents outside the region, but in charge of the Piedmontese health structures. The remaining 1,659 are under development and territorial allocation.
There are 190 hospitalized in intensive care (-2 compared to yesterday). There are 2,895 hospitalized patients who are not in intensive care (-62 compared to yesterday). There are 27,267 people in home isolation.
A total of 163,132 cured patients (+2,094 compared to yesterday) divided as follows by provinces: 14,073 Alessandria, 8,146 Asti, 5,200 Biella, 22,334 Cuneo, 13,228 Novara, 86,723 Turin, 5,832 Vercelli, 5,701 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in addition 805 extra-region and 1,090 in the definition phase.
