Coronavirus, the update of the infections in Palermo and Sicily on November 13, 2020



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No deceleration. The coronavirus is not released: 1,707 new cases have been identified in Sicily in more than 10,217 swabs processed. Therefore, 16.7% of the people tested tested positive. In the rest of Italy, on the other hand, there are more than 40 thousand new infections. There are another 35 deaths on the island, while the national figure is 550 victims.

On the island, the number of positive hospitalizations for Covid reaches 1,450 (+59 compared to yesterday), plus 210 patients in intensive care (+5 compared to yesterday). The number of cured is 300, while the current positives reach 26,286 (of these 24,626 in home isolation). In the province of Palermo there are 444 new cases, less than Catania (589) but more than Ragusa (176), Messina (116), Trapani (77), Siracusa (89), Agrigento (95), Caltanissetta (87), Enna (3. 4).

In Palermo 25% increase in mortality

In Palermo, the Orlando Mayor’s ordinance has come into force that prohibits parking in the center from 4 to 10 at night and prohibits bivouacs on the beach on weekends. Instead, the signing of the ordinance, announced yesterday, which provided for the closure of schools as of Monday, has been suspended. During the conference, the mayor announced that there has been an increase of more than 25 percent in deaths in the city. “It may be due to Covid -explained Orlando- or to the lack of treatment of other pathologies due to the limitations of health facilities, local medicine or the concern of the non-Covid patient regarding hospitalization.” Compared to the average of the previous five years, according to data provided by Palazzo delle Aquile, there is a mortality growth of 2 percent in August, 5 percent in September, +10 percent in mid-October and 26 percent from October 15 to 30.

Bulletin November 13, 2020-2

The situation in the rest of Italy

Currently the positives in our country are more than 663 thousand and today there is a record of new infections: 40,902 swabs tested positive in 144,875 cases analyzed. The latest coronavirus bulletin published yesterday, Thursday, November 12, registered almost 38,000 new cases and unfortunately 636 deaths. Regarding the pressure on health facilities, there was a slight relaxation but in hospitals there were 3,170 people in intensive care (+89) and 33,043 hospitalized in the ward (+518).

Today’s newsletter, Friday, November 13

New cases: 40,902 (yesterday 35,098)
Cases tested: 144,875
Buffers (diagnosis and control): 254,908 (yesterday 234,672)
Currently positive: 663,926 (yesterday 635,054)
Hospitalized: 30,914, +1,041 (yesterday 29,873, +518)
Hospitalized in ICU: 3,230, +60 (yesterday 3,170, +89)
Total positive cases: 1,107,303 (yesterday 1,066,401)
Deaths: 44,139, +550 (yesterday 43,589, with an increase of 636 deaths in 24 hours)
Total discharged / cured: 399,238 (yesterday 387,758 +15,645)

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