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New coronavirus infections in Sicily fall below a thousand, 918 to be precise. It hadn’t happened in weeks. The processed swabs were 8,386, which means that the positivity rate also decreased (10.9%). However, the balance of Covid beds occupied in hospitals is increasing, going from 1,367 yesterday to 1,387 (+20). While intensive care goes to 205 (-8 compared to yesterday), with 9 new entries in the critical zone. It would be interesting to know how many patients have been discharged from intensive care (and from hospitals in general) and how many have died, given that 34 deaths are still registered today, but this important data is not provided.
On the other hand, according to the daily bulletin issued by the Ministry of Health, there are 384 new cured persons, the current positives being 40,246 (38,654 in home isolation). This is the map of the new cases divided by province: Palermo 257; Catania, 448; Messina 109; Ragusa 28; Trapani 7; Syracuse 39; Agrigento 0, Caltanissetta 13; Enna 17.
The data of the last week: boom of cured
This week (excluding today’s data ed) the new positives were 8941, a value less than 5.1% compared to last week. The current positives are 39,746, 738 less than last week. The number of recovered (29,984) increased by 9,426 compared to last week, the highest number on record since the start of the pandemic. The percentage of cured over the total of positives is 41.9%. The number of deaths, equivalent to 1,759, increased by 253 people compared to last week. Hospitalized patients represent 4% of current positives (0.5% ICU patients). Last week they were 4.4% (in ICU 0.6%).
Francesco Cascio new head of the projection activities of the Asp
The former president of the Regional Assembly of Sicily, Francesco Cascio, for his part, is the new head of anti-screening activities Covid for Asp. Following his dismissal from politics, Cascio also headed the Lampedusa polyclinic and will now be “the company’s contact for the establishment of dedicated teams and the logistical organization of screening activities.”
Christmas, between the desire to celebrate and calls for caution
Some 60 thousand arrivals are expected in Sicily during the end of the year exodus when all the students, the workers, decide to celebrate the Christmas holidays with their families. Cts coordinator Agostino Miozzo warns: “There is a risk on December 21 if you go from north to south.” In an interview with Delivery courier the coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee requests a criminal complaint for those who transgress the rules: “The majority of the Italian population is respecting the recommendations. Then there are the usual astute ones who alter the balance between order and recommendation, they are those who navigate through the spaces left by the best intentions of the government. That is why the emulation mechanism is worrisome. We need strict controls and important signals. “(Full article)
And before the Christmas exodus, meanwhile in the Falcone-Borsellino, a reconnaissance was carried out in the area of the Palermo airport dedicated to tests for arriving travelers: a space that could possibly be implemented with other stations. (The full article)
The situation in the rest of Italy
The new Coronavirus bulletin from the Ministry of Health confirms the decrease in positives currently, while there are 13,720 new infections, but only in 53,109 cases analyzed (111,217 swabs in total). In the field of hospitalization, there is a new decrease in the occupation of beds also in intensive care where, unfortunately, 144 new critically ill patients are admitted. 528 Covid-related deaths recorded today. The latest Coronavirus bulletin published on Sunday, December 6, marked the crossing of the threshold of 60 thousand deaths related to the epidemic.
Coronavirus, today’s newsletter Monday, December 7
New cases: 13,720
Cases tested: 53,109
Swabs (diagnosis and control): 111,217
Currently positive: 748,819, -6,487
Hospitalized: 30,524, -133 compared to yesterday
Hospitalized in Intensive Care: 3,382, -72 occupied places compared to 144 new admissions
Total positive cases: 1,742,557
Deaths: 60,606, +528
Total discharged / healed: 933,132, +19,638
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