Coronavirus, in Puglia another 249 cases and 36 in the bat

The president of the Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, based on information from the director of the Department of Health Promotion, Vito Montanaro, reports that today, Friday, October 9, 2020 in Puglia, 4595 tests for coronavirus infection have been registered Covid-19 and have registered 249 positive cases:

• 66 in the province of Bari,
• 6 in the province of Brindisi,
• 36 in the BAT province,
• 87 in the province of Foggia,
• 24 in the province of Lecce,
• 27 in the province of Taranto,
• 3 cases residing outside the region.

Two deaths were recorded in the province of Bari.

444,874 tests have been carried out since the emergency began.

• 4,960 recovered patients.
• 3,550 are currently positive cases.

The total number of positive Covid cases in Puglia is 9,116, divided as follows:

• 3,666 in the province of Bari;
• 835 in the province of Bat;
• 795 in the province of Brindisi;
• 2208 in the province of Foggia;
• 873 in the province of Lecce;
• 670 in the province of Taranto;
• 67 attributed to residents outside the region;
• 2 province of unknown residence.

Asl’s Prevention Departments have activated all the procedures for the acquisition of anamnestic and epidemiological information, with the aim of tracing close contacts. The epidemiological bulletin for the Puglia region 9.10.2020 is available at the link: http://rpu.gl/Xw807

STATEMENTS BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORS OF ASL BARI, BAT, FOGGIA, LECCE, TARANTO, BRINDISI
Declaration of Dg Asl Bari Antonio Sanguedolce: “The situation in the province of Bari is constantly monitored and controlled, the surveillance activity by the prevention department to trace close contacts continues.”

Statement Dg Asl Bt Alessandro Delle Donne: “In the province of Bat today 36 cases have been registered, but the data is not attributable to a peak but to an asynchronous recording of some data from the last days. Therefore, although there are indications of maximum attention to compliance with containment of contagion, it should be noted that the data are constant ”.

Declaration Dg Asl Foggia Vito Piazzolla: “With reference to the positivity reported today in the province of Foggia, in most cases, these are close contacts identified in the context of family outbreaks already outlined above. Under the attention of the Service of Hygiene also registered some positivity in an RSA and two structures for the elderly in the province ”.

Declaration of Dg Asl Lecce Rodolfo Rollo: “Of the 24 positive cases registered today in the province of Lecce, a large part, 16, are close contacts of already known positives, 4 returns from abroad and from outside the Region, one person has been identified with screening for health services and 3 are symptomatic issues on which the epidemiological investigations of our Prevention Department are underway ”.

Statement Dg of ASL Taranto, Stefano Rossi “A worker from the company Arcelor Mittal (formerly ILVA) tested positive for the Covid-19 swab. The swab was necessary yesterday when the man, who works in the coking plant of the former – Ilva, accused of feverish state and general malaise. According to protocol, the Prevention Department, together with SPESAL, has activated all the necessary contact location procedures. The Prevention Department, together with the General Directorate of ASL Taranto, constantly follow the developments the situation “.

Declaration of Dg Asl Brindisi Giuseppe Pasqualone: ​​”In the province of Brindisi, the Department of Prevention of Asl has identified six new positives. These are asymptomatic people or with mild symptoms. The follow-up of positives in fiduciary isolation and contact tracing continues . “.