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Unlike last week when there was a drop in new cases this time Sicily “follows” the trend of the rest of Italy and it also registers a “+” sign: 290 from Saturday 22 to yesterday against 240 from August 15 to 22. This is the second worst week, in terms of growth, from april to today, “Surpassed” by the 303 infections of the days between 8 and 15 August.
There are currently 1,084 positives, of which 70 are hospitalized, 10 in intensive care and 1004 in home isolation, for a total of 4,257 cases since the beginning of the epidemic. The number of deaths has remained unchanged for more than a week: 286. The number of positives last Saturday was 874 (210 less). 80 people healed in the last seven days. On the other hand, ordinary hospitalizations (from 53 to 70, + 13) and intensive care (+2, now 10), are increasing.
Just yesterday, in an interview with gds.it, Dr. Bruno Cacopardo, head of Infectious Diseases at the Garibaldi Nesima hospital in Catania, highlighted the current status of covid-19 and intensive care in Sicily, which if they seem fuller than other regions, explains the doctor, “it is only an impression, since some non-intensive, but semi-intensive patients”, that is, those who need non-invasive support ventilation, “in Sicily are assisted in intensive care units. Therefore, the number of patients requiring intubation is the same as a percentage of all other Italian entities “.
The primary also declared that the second wave is already underway. “It is lighter, compared to the first wave, both numerically and in clinical severity. It is clear that the probability of contagion in outdoor environments and in the heat is lower, but the second wave is likely to have a further rebound when we are indoors, schools will reopen, when the aggregation conditions become more frequent and more closed “.
The positive side is that this week too there was no dreaded surgeEven if the data is still, if not worrisome, certainly to watch. However, it’s been two weeks since Musumeci’s ordinance for swabs and checks coming from Malta, Croatia, Spain, and Greece, so the next one will be crucial to see the real effects. At regional level Sicily’s RT fell to 0.68, after having abundantly surpassed the 1 mark in recent weeks, but as we have seen, the contagion index does not always reveal the current situation.
Even in the last seven days there have been cases of positive migrants, which has been the subject of recent days for the “failed eviction” of the hotspots. Sources from the Interior Ministry have clarified that since June 1, 6,371 swabs have been made on the island to disembarked migrants, for a positive percentage of 3.98%.
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