Coronavirus Italy, follow-up: “Slow worsening, young people transmit infection in the family”

Cases of contagion of coronavirus reported in Italy are on the rise for the sixth consecutive week; active outbreaks are now 2,280, of which 691 are new; and therefore we observe a slow and progressive worsening of the epidemic, with a series of important warning signs linked to an increase in local transmission. These are the results of the weekly monitoring of the Ministry of Health and the Higher Institute of Health, referring to the period between August 31 and September 6. (Here is the bulletin with today’s infections: 1,616 new cases in the last 24 hours, with 10 deaths)

The Rt index reaches 1.14: and an underestimated figure

The ISS reports that the increase in the national transmission index (Rt) is slight but constant: after exceeding the guard threshold of 1 around August 16, probably due to the reopening of May 4 and 18 and the 3 of June. , in the period August 20-September 2, it reached 1.14: a figure that could – always reports the Higher Institute of Health – underestimate the actual transmission of the virus at the national level.

The average age increases: young people transmit the virus in their families

The ISS writes that in Italy, as in Europe, there was an epidemiological transition from the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic during the summer with a sharp decrease in the mean age of the population contracting the infection. However, in the last two weeks the median age of diagnosed cases is increasing again and by about 35 years: and this reflects the transmission of the virus from the youngest to the oldest age groups, especially within the family.

The places in intensive care

Compared to the previous two weeks of follow-up, the report still says, in almost all Regions there is an increase in the occupancy rate of dedicated beds both in the medical area and in intensive care: and although no signs of overload of health services, the observed trend could soon be reflected in greater commitment.

Here are the Rt data and the cumulative incidence per 100,000 inhabitants in the different Regions
Abruzzo: 1.02, incidence 299.19
Basilicata: 0.55, incidence 96.06
Calabria: 0.87, incidence 76.17
Campania: 0.61, incidence 135.50
Emilia romagna: 0.88, incidence 733.36
Friuli Venezia Giulia: 1.02, incidence 327.57
Lazio: 0.52, incidence 208.73
Liguria: 1.13, incidence 738.11
Lombardy: 0.87, incidence 1010.16
Market: 0.84, incidence 485.58
Molise: 0.27, incidence 178.98
Piedmont: 0.93, incidence 771.12
Bolzano: 0.71, incidence 563.45
Trento: 1.58, incidence 985
Puglia: 1.21, incidence 149.14
Sardinia: 1.41, incidence 143.7
Sicily: 0.96, incidence 94.24
Tuscany: 0.95, incidence 330.91
Umbria: 0.77, incidence 218.79
Aosta Valley: Rt: 0.59, incidence 992.02
Veneto: 0.86, incidence 492.92

Italy: 462.44