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The tests carried out with respect to the previous 24 hours are low, but the positivity found in the national territory is increasing: the infected people are 169,302
The tests carried out with respect to the previous 24 hours are low, but the positivity found in the national territory is increasing: the infected people are 169,302
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New record in Italy. There are 16,079 new cases of coronavirus at 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 22, 3.57% more than the previous day. Data collected based on 170,392 swabs performed, compared to 177,848 the day before. The total number of infections, since the beginning of the pandemic, amounts to 465,726. The proportion of swab positive cases is again 9.4%. It is the same figure as four days ago, the highest figure in this second wave. The deaths registered in the last 24 hours are 136 (+ 0.36%) and bring the global pandemic figure to 36,968. At the moment, in Italy, there are 169,302 positives currently, + 8.91% day-to-day. Of these, 9,694 are hospitalized with symptoms, an increase of 603 units compared to the previous 24 hours, while in intensive care there are 992 people, 66 more in one day. There are 158,616 patients in home isolation (+ 9.04%). This is the image that emerges from the daily data on the Covid-19 epidemic published by the Ministry of Health.
The regional panorama: Lombardy, Piedmont and Campania in the lead
At the level of individual regions, Lombardy is the one with the highest number of new cases: 4,125 positives, exactly the same number found on Wednesday. They are followed by Piedmont (1,550), Campania (1,541), Veneto (1,325), Lazio (1,251) and Tuscany (1,145). Below a thousand, Emilia Romagna follows with 885 new positives. Then Sicily (796), Liguria (690), Puglia (485), Umbria (407), Trentino Alto Adige (400) and Marche (321). Abruzzo (306), Sardinia (243), Friuli Venezia Gilia (220), Calabria (187), Valle d’Aosta (87), Basilicata (83) and Molise (28) close the picture.
Focus Lombardia
156 people are hospitalized for Covid in Lombardy intensive care wards, 22 more than yesterday. Therefore, the threshold of 150 has been exceeded, beyond which the Region has decided to reopen the hospital at the Milan fair. For this reason, tomorrow, Friday, October 23, the facility will begin to welcome the first patients. The number of patients who are not in intensive care also rises to 1,695, 174 more than yesterday. In Lombardy 35,715 swabs were made, for a percentage equal to 11.5%, a slight increase compared to yesterday (11.3%). There are 29 deaths for a total of 17,152 deaths in the region since the beginning of the pandemic. There is an increase in both intensive care admissions (+22, 156 in total) and other wards (+174, 1,695). The metropolitan city of Milan is always very affected with 2,031 cases, of which 917 in the city of Milan, but the provinces of Varese (393), Como (328), Monza and Brianza (298) and Brescia (194) are also a concern. ).
Lazio, another 1251 positives
Of more than 21,000 swabs in Lazio, 1,251 positive cases, 16 deaths and 107 cured are registered. The swab-to-positives ratio improves to 5.7 percent. The regional RT value is 1.38: the lowest in Rome and the highest in the provinces of Viterbo, Frosinone and Latina.
Puglia, an increase in cases
Increase in positive cases in Puglia: out of 5,651 tests for Covid-19 infection, 485 positive cases were recorded. In Bari province one person died, on Wednesday there were 324 positive cases (out of 5,300 swabs) and two people died. The new cases are divided as follows: 178 in the province of Bari, 22 in the province of Brindisi, 53 in the province of Bat, 132 in the province of Foggia, 19 in the province of Lecce, 83 in the province of Taranto. Two cases of unknown residence have been reclassified and attributed. In Puglia there are currently 6,279 positive cases.
