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Rome, February 24, 2021 – The contagion of Coronavirus in ItalyBut the dead fall the bulletin Today’s Ministry of Health always marks a growing trend. For this reason, some Regions have decided to establish ‘improved orange’ areas for different territories as in the case of Brescia and its province and the 14 municipalities between Imola and Ravenna in Emilia Romagna. The minister Roberto Speranza, informing the Senate about the new measures for the containment of Covid, announced a new Dpcm for March 6 that will run until April 6. Meanwhile theSouth tyrol has decided to extend the hard blockade until March 14. “The measures adopted have had some effects – said Governor Arno Kompatscher -. Despite the increase in tests, the absolute number of positives is decreasing, but still slowly.” In Lombardy, on the other hand, it was extended until March 3, red band for the municipalities of Branded (Me), Viggiù (Goes) e Partially (Pv).
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The Minister of Education, Patrizio bianchi, reiterated to the unions that the priority is “to vaccinate the staff as soon as possible: you have to go to school feeling safe.” Astrazeneca, for its part, confirms that “it is working to increase productivity in its EU chain” and “will also use its global capacity to reach the delivery of 180 million doses to the EU in the second quarter.” But the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that in his country as of today “we begin to give injections with Chinese vaccines.” The Italian regions advance in no particular order: Friuli Vezia Giulia starts the immunization campaign for school personnel, Lazio focuses on more than 80 people and vulnerable people such as dialysis and transplant recipients. Finally, the National Federation of Doctors (Fnomceo) reports the death of another 4 white coats, which brings the total number of deaths to 332 since the start of the pandemic.
The Covid newsletter of February 24
I’m 16,424 new cases of Covid detected today in Italy (yesterday there were 13,314, here the February 23 full newsletter). The swabs were 340,247 (37 thousand more than yesterday). Therefore, the positivity rate rises to 4.8% (+ 0.4%). Instead, deaths decreased: 318 (yesterday 356), for a total of 96,666 victims since the beginning of the epidemic. Still uphill the intensive therapy, 11 more (yesterday +28), with 178 entries for the day, and there are 2,157 in total. Instead I ordinary hospitalizations78 less (yesterday +140), 19,217 in total. Overall, the number of infections rises to 2,848,564. Those cured increased, 14,599 (yesterday 12,898), 2,362,465 in total. For the second consecutive day, the number of positives currently increases, more substantially: +1,485 (yesterday +45), for a total of 389,433 active patients. Of these, 369,069 patients are in home isolation, 1,562 more than yesterday. The region with the most cases, which has been growing strongly for days, is Lombardy (+3,310), followed by Campania (+2,185), Piedmont (+1,453), Emilia Romagna (+1,427) and Lazio (+1,188).
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Campania
I’m 2,185 new cases coronavirus emerged in the last 24 hours in Campania303 of which were identified by rapid antigen testing. Of the new positives, 119 were symptomatic. The processed swabs number 21,366, of which 3,568 are antigenic. The percentage of positive swabs out of the total swabs analyzed is equal to 10.22%. The victims of the new regional bulletin are 40 (17 of which occurred in the last 48 hours and 23 occurred previously but registered yesterday). The total number of deaths thus amounts to 4,219. There are 848 new curates: the total curated in Campania is 181,890. The total number of cases registered in the region since the beginning of the emergency is 257,939 (of which 4,794 antigenic), the total number of swabs processed is 2,842,283 (of which 90,890 antigenic). Regarding the report of the beds regionally, those of intensive care occupied are 130 of the 656 available. The hospital beds available are 3,160 (between Covid and private supply), 1,319 occupied.
Emilia romagna
I’m 1,427 new cases of positivity identified in the last 24 hours in Emilia romagna, based on 42,169 buffers, between molecular and antigenic. The dead are 33. (the total since the beginning of the epidemic is 10,426). Of those newly infected, 648 were identified through contact detection and tracing activities. Infections are increasing in the province of Ravenna (240), while Bologna (227) and Rimini (222) also remain high. Active cases amount to 36,771 (+63 compared to yesterday). Of these, people in isolation at home, that is, those with mild symptoms that do not require hospital care, are 93.9%. Intensive care patients are increasing, reaching 201 (five more than yesterday) while those of the rest of Covid departments, which total 2,025, fall by 16. Compared to what was reported in recent days, 17 cases were eliminated, positive for antigen tests but not confirmed by molecular swab.
Lazio
In Lazio I’m 1,188 new positives compared to more than 36 thousand tests, of which more than 15 thousand swabs (+4,771) and more than 21 thousand antigens. “The relationship between positives and swabs is 8%, but if we also consider the antigenic, the percentage is 3%”, clarifies the Regional Minister of Health, Alessio D’Amato. The dead are 38 (+5), while the healed are 1,197. The cases in the city of Rome are at 559. Hospitalizations and intensive care are decreasing.
Puglia
In Puglia of 10,925 tests performed are 991 positive cases identified, of which 561 only in the province of Bari, in addition there were 24 deaths. Since the beginning of the emergency, 1,522,139 tests have been carried out, 106,688 patients have been cured and currently 32,090 are positive. The total number of Covid infections in Puglia is 142,616.
Veneto
Covid infections continue to grow Veneto. I’m 895 the new positives to the virus in 24 hours, for a total of 328,973 infected since the beginning of the epidemic. THE deceased have been since yesterday twenty-one, for a total of 9,763 victims. On the other hand, hospitalizations are decreasing: there are 8 fewer patients in the non-critical wards of hospitals (1,247 in total); seven less in intensive care, 132. On the vaccination front, Governor Luca Zaia explained, in a press conference, that “Veneto has used 68.3% of anti-Covid vaccines, below the national average of 70 , 8% for a matter of prudence “. “We have a capacity – he explained to journalists – of 20,000 daily doses, with general practitioners we would reach 45-50,000 daily doses. We are organized. We are certain that the vaccines will arrive, but now the audience of vaccinated people waiting for the second dose is increasing exponentially, so we decided to increase the provision.
Tuscany
In Tuscany I’m 857 more positive compared to yesterday (832 confirmed by molecular swab and 25 by rapid antigen test). Since the beginning of the epidemic in Tuscany there are 151,413 cases of positivity for Coronavirus. The average age of new positives today is approximately 45 years. Today 13,192 molecular swabs and 8,006 rapid antigenic swabs were performed, of which 4% were positive. On the other hand, 9,995 subjects were evaluated today (with antigenic and / or molecular swab, excluding control swabs), of which 8.6% were positive. The current positives are 15,405 today, + 1.9% compared to yesterday. A total of 1,005 people were hospitalized (22 more than yesterday, plus 2.2%), 163 in intensive care (4 more than yesterday, plus 2.5%). Are also recorded 17 new deaths. The total number of people cured is 131,409 (556 more than yesterday, plus 0.4%).
Market
I’m 616, of which 266 in the province of Ancona, i new cases of Covid in the Market. In the antigen detection route (1047 tests), however, 91 cases were found (which underwent molecular swab) with a positive / proven ratio of 9%. On the last day, reports the Regional Health Service, “5,953 swabs tested: 3,476 in the new diagnostic route (1,047 in the antigenic route) and 2,477 in the cured route (with a positive / proven ratio equal to 17.7%) “. Thus, the number of infected people since the beginning of the pandemic amounts to 6,5053, 2,209 deaths, while 639 people are hospitalized, 555 in Covid wards, 84 in intensive care.
Abruzzo
In Abruzzo I’m 535 new cases Covid, results of the 11,473 tests performed (5,101 molecular swabs and 6,372 antigen tests). Today’s cases concern people between 7 months and 103 years old, inclusive 83 children under 19 years of age. The total number of infections, since the beginning of the emergency, amounts to 52,299. There are 10 deaths today (including two in recent days, but only reported by the ASL today) and concern people between 52 and 93 years. In the field of hospitalization, 617 (+22 compared to yesterday) patients hospitalized in non-intensive care; 76 (-2 compared to yesterday with 7 new hospitalizations) in intensive care, while the other 12,027 (-123 compared to yesterday) are in home isolation with active surveillance by the ASL. The discharged / healed are 628, the total is 37,917.
Bolzano Province
In South tyrol I’m 355 new cases of Covid-19 in a record number of swabs processed in 24 hours, 16,387. The number of deaths, 6 yesterday, for a total of 1,012 people. . There is a slight decrease in hospitalizations for Covid, from about 250 to 227. The pressure on intensive care is still very strong, until yesterday there were 42 in the structures of South Tyrol (3 are hospitalized abroad). There are 163 positive patients admitted to private facilities. Of 195,047 people who have undergone molecular smears since the start of the pandemic, 42,132 were positive and 29,333 were cured.
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Today in Friuli Venezia Giulia of 5,912 molecular swabs were detected 317 new infections with a positive percentage of 5.36%. To these are added another 186 cases detected by 3,700 rapid antigenic tests (5.03%). THE deceased registered are 10; there are 58 hospitalizations in intensive care units and 345 in other departments. Since the start of the pandemic, a total of 74,852 people have tested positive in the region with the following territorial division.
The other regions
In Calabria there are 278 new infections, of which 143 in the province of Reggio. In Basilicata 169 new cases have been revealed, 64 cured. Sardinia there are another 65 new cases (40,877 in total) and 7 deaths (1,132 in total). In Aosta Valley the new positives are 14.
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