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Cases are declining in Lombardy, while they tripled in Piedmont
ROME. The epidemic curve continues to rise slightly. The new cases are 1,434 today against 1,370 yesterday. Swabs also increased slightly, from 92,000 to almost 96,000. But the most worrying thing is the deaths, today another 14 after 10 yesterday, while there are 18 more occupied beds in the ordinary rooms of the Covid and 7 those of intensive care.
Infections in Lombardy fell from 271 to 218, while they increased in Piedmont, where in a single day they almost tripled, from 42 to 112.
Faced with this trend of the epidemic, the infectivity index, the now famous Rt, in Italy would even be 3, that is, so many times above the alert level considered in one. This, however, also considering the cases of infection in asymptomatic people, who despite having the virus do not present symptoms. The calculations were performed by physicists from the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (Infn) published on the CovidStat website. The Rt value is almost double that indicated by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) since the latter is based only on cases with symptoms.
The number of new cases in Veneto dropped from 105 to 91, but there are three new victims, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,135. The number of new cases in South Tyrol increased from 4 to 10.
A wave of new Covid positives checked in Umbria on the last day, 33 against yesterday’s seven.
The contagions of the day in Puglia fell from 143 to 99, where, however, the outbreak broke out in a fruit and vegetable company in Polignano a Mare, in the Bari area, spreading to other provinces. The infections amount to 103, of which 25 were found today after 78 yesterday. In fact, there are also some workers from municipalities in the province of Taranto among the positive aspects found in the fruit and vegetable company “Sop” in Polignano a Mare (Bari). Among these, 9 are from Grottaglie and 7 from San Marzano di San Giuseppe. The news was given by the respective mayors, Ciro D’Alò and Giuseppe Tarantino, through videos on Facebook. These would be agricultural workers who would travel in the same vehicle to get to jobs.
Basilicata, which yesterday only had a new contagion, now communicates 14.
The governor of Sardinia Christian Solinas, after the flight of the oxen, tries again with the entrance test for those who arrive in Sardinia, as well as with the extension of the obligation to wear masks. These will be the central points of the new ordinance that the President of the Region must approve today. The measure has been ready since yesterday but the governor is awaiting the opinion of the technical scientific committee. Regarding the first point, those who disembark on the island may have to show a certificate of negativity, alternatively pass the test within a period of forty-eight hours. The granting of this period excludes the use of the drive-in method that is already used, for example, at Fiumicino airport, and is accompanied by the latest resolution of the Sardinian regional council, proposed by the Minister of Health Mario Nieddu, on the liberalization of swabs in private laboratories. Regarding the use of masks, Solinas could envisage their obligation for a period of time greater than that prescribed at the national level.
Although even in Italy there is no shortage of those who wink at France, willing to reduce the quarantine from 14 to 7 days, the WHO does not make discounts. The World Health Organization “continues the discussions” on the shortening of the quarantine for the contacts of those who test positive for Covid-19, but “defends the recommendation of a 14-day quarantine to avoid the transmission of the virus.” This was stated by the European WHO office, adding that “this recommendation is based on the available data on the incubation period; in essence, the average period is 4-5 days, with an upper limit of 14 days. ‘
Meanwhile, a new rapid test arrives, all Italian, capable of telling in just 3 minutes whether or not it is positive for SarsCov2 by its saliva. It’s called Daily Tampon, and it was created by a Brianza company in Merate (Lecco) in collaboration with the University of Sannio. The test has received the approval of the Ministry of Health and therefore production can begin.
