Coronavirus situation bulletin Sunday, October 11, 2020

There are 37 new positivities of covid-19 in the Forlì area. This is what emerges from the bulletin published by the Prefecture of Forlì-Cesena on the advance of the pandemic updated to Sunday and that also takes into account the eight cases in the school environment reported by Ausl Romagna. Of those infected, 26 had symptoms. Among the cases, nineteen were positive after the smear performed at the request of the GP for symptoms, one was positive upon return from France, while sixteen were due to close contact with positive cases.

This is the distribution of cases: nineteen are from Forlì, two from Predappio, five from Forlimpopoli, one from Castrocaro, one from Santa Sofia, eight from Bertinoro and one from Meldola. Other cases of people from outside the Forlì area have been detected. Across the province, according to data published by the Prefecture, the total number of new cases is 52 (15 in the Cesena area). No deaths from or with covid-19 have been reported, while 6 people recovered.

What to do in case of symptoms

In the event of suspicious symptoms, you should not go to your free choice GP or pediatrician, but contact them by phone. It is not necessary to go to the emergency room or even to the counters or services of the Romagna Ausl. Priority should be given to telephone contact (118, 800 033 033 Toll free number of the Regional Health Service and 1500 of the Ministry of Health). Continuity Care (formerly Medical Guard) clinics will be closed throughout the company until further notice. The service was extended by telephone (800 533 118, followed by the number of the desired office). In the event of fever, cough, general muscle aches, taste and smell disturbance, you should immediately call your GP by phone.

The numbers in Emilia-Romagna

Since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, 37,681 positive cases have been recorded in Emilia-Romagna, 384 more than on Saturday, of which 171 asymptomatic were identified as part of regional contact tracing and detection activities. Of the 384 new cases, 137 were already isolated at the time of the swab run, 162 were identified in known outbreaks. There are 13 new infections related to returns from abroad, for which the Region has provided two nasopharyngeal swabs during fiduciary isolation if they arrive from non-Schengen countries and one swab if they return from Greece, Spain, Croatia and Malta. and regions of France. Instead, 8 positive cases of return from other regions.

The average age of new positives on Sunday is 43.8 years. Of the 171 asymptomatic, 108 were identified thanks to contact tracing, 25 through tests for risk categories introduced by the Region, and 5 with prehospital tests. In 33 cases, the reason for the swab is being verified.

The swabs made on Saturday were 8,660, for a total of 1,290,991. To these are added 2,080 serological tests. Active cases, that is, the number of real patients, on Sunday are 6,349 (373 more than those registered on Saturday). Unfortunately, there is a new death in the province of Parma. Therefore, the total number rises to 4,495. People isolated at home, or those with mild symptoms that do not require hospital treatment, or are asymptomatic, are a total of 6,072 (+353 compared to Saturday), about 95% of active cases. 23 patients in intensive care (+7 compared to Saturday) and 254 (+13) are hospitalized in other Covid wards.

The total of people cured amounted to 26,837 (+10 compared to Saturday): 7 “clinically cured”, that is, they became asymptomatic after presenting clinical manifestations associated with the infection, and 26,830 those declared completely cured because they were negative in two consecutive tests.

The figures published by the Emilia-Romagna Region may differ in some units as regards the territory of Forlì and Cesena, since the timing of the dissemination of the Region data is different from the (most up-to-date) of the Prefecture Forlì-Cesena