Coronavirus, rise of infections in Veneto and Marche



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The upward trend in coronavirus infections is worrying. The first data released by the Regions on the cases registered in the last 24 hours show a boom in cases.

The most significant jump is that registered in Veneto: this morning there are 1,083 new infections compared to yesterday, which brings the total of new cases in the 24 hours to 1,422 and the total of currently positive subjects to 11,433. The figure is much worse than yesterday, when there were 490 new cases.

There are five deaths (seven in 24 hours), 524 hospitalized in non-critical areas (439 positive and 85 negative) and those in intensive care are 66 (56 positive and 10 negative). The subjects currently in isolation are 13,619, of which 5,356 positive and 7,331 contacts.

The governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, invites you to carefully evaluate the data: “I invite you to look at the data objectively … We have had a change of computer platform and the data of the province of Venice from October 15 to today they have thrown themselves violently into this night “, he explained during a briefing to the Regional Council, meeting today at Palazzo Ferro Fini for the second session of the legislature.” Starting tomorrow we will permanently reopen the Crisis Unit in the barracks General of Civil Protection of Marghera “, Zaia announced, clarifying that the situation is serious, but that to date there is no closure on the horizon. In addition to this,” the mathematical model begins to have a mass of useful data to have projections “, concludes the president.

NEW SPEED RUNNING

Another peak of infections in the Marches: 226 were detected today – for the second time in the month above 200 after the 204 reported on October 17 -, in a substantial number of swabs, that is 1,486. This is the highest figure since last March 21 when the infections were 268 of the 651 tests carried out. In total, reports the Regional Health Service, 2,540 samples were analyzed.

The percentage of positives rises to 15.2%; This is a significantly worse figure than that published yesterday, when the positives were 89 in one day and the ratio with the 913 tests carried out had dropped to 9.7%.

The highest number of infections is recorded in Ascoli Piceno (67); They are followed by Macerata (53), Ancona and Fermo (both 36) and Pesaro Urbino (26); 8 come from outside the region. Since the beginning of the Marche emergency, there have been 9,871 infections out of 169,343 samples examined.

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