Coronavirus, today’s newsletter Tuesday, September 8: the map of the outbreaks

The new coronavirus bulletin from the Ministry of Health today Tuesday September 8 2020 with updated data on the epidemic in Italy is expected at 5 pm There are 1,108 new cases of Covid-19 detected in thelatest coronavirus bulletin of Yesterday in Italy, less than on Sunday (1,297), but with fewer swabs performed. On the other hand, the number of deaths increased, 12 on Monday compared to 8 on Sunday, for a total of 35,553. Unfortunately, critically ill patients in need of intensive care treatment are growing: 142.

Now let’s see in detail all the data for today. At the end of the article the section updated with the latest news from the regions to shed light on the new coronavirus outbreaks and the latest news about the epidemic of Covid-19 in Italy.

Coronavirus, today’s newsletter Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Coronavirus outbreaks today: data region by region

Here are the live updates from the individual regions.

The count of infected by Covid rises with another 105 new positives Veneto, where in the last 24 hours there are also two victims, bringing the total death toll (between hospitals and nursing homes) to 2,132. The number of infected since the beginning of the epidemic reaches 24,118. The number of hospitalized with Covid in normal hospital wards falls, 148 (-10), while that of patients in intensive care remains stable, 17.

Today the first case of coronavirus in a nursing home. In Pergine Valsugana, in Trentino Alto Adige, a child tested positive. The boy had attended the village nursery without any symptoms: five other children, who are placed in the same section, were quarantined and will be subjected to hyssop.

People currently positive for the coronavirus in Friuli Venezia Giulia there are 481 (11 more than yesterday). Four patients are being treated in intensive care, while 18 are hospitalized in other wards. No new deaths were recorded (349 in total).

In Tuscany There are 12,558 cases of positivity for coronavirus, 59 more than yesterday (22 identified in the course of the screening and 37 of the detection activities). New cases are 0.5% more than the total of the previous day. The average age of the 59 cases today is around 40 years.

A total of 3919 positive cases of Covid-19 are registered in Abruzzo from the beginning of the emergency. Compared to yesterday, there are 14 new cases (between 21 and 60 years), while the number of deceased patients remains at 472.

Reduce speed by Umbria the increase in new positives in Covid, seven in the last 24 hours, while yesterday there were 12 (1,935 in total). This compared to 2,336 swabs processed, 168,329 in total.

There have been 249 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Campania. Of these, 45 are related to return cases (20 from Sardinia and 25 from foreign countries) while 16 are close contacts of previous return cases. The total positives in Campania since the beginning of the Covid-19 emergency is 8,377. There are 7,900 swabs tested today in Campania (total swabs tested is 467,131).

In Puglia, the Asl Prevention Department of Bari found 78 positive coronavirus among employees of a fruit and vegetable company in Polignano a Mare in the province of Bari Following the report of a positive worker, epidemiological surveillance procedures were activated within the company. The percentage of infections is particularly high given that of 159 swabs performed, 78 were positive.

In Sardinia There is a new victim of Covid-19, the 137th since the beginning of the pandemic on the island. A 55-year-old cancer patient died overnight at the Aou Infectious Disease Clinics in Sassari. The man, from Tempio Pausania, in Gallura, had been hospitalized in Sassari with Covid pneumonia, but also suffered from a brain neoplasm.

Eight new positive cases of coronavirus in Basilicata where yesterday swabs were tested to search for Covid-19 contagion. The positivity refers to four people residing in Potenza, a person of foreign nationality housed in a reception center, a person residing in Policoro (Matera), a person residing in San Giorgio Lucano (Matera) and one in Lavello ( Potenza).

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They have been extended until October 7 anti Covid measures. Masks are still mandatory indoors and outdoors where social distancing cannot be maintained. Possibility of reunification for international couples. Stadiums and discos are closed. It also confirmed the collection ban and the 80% capacity limit for public transport.

And there are advances in the vaccine. There are six volunteers, all from Verona, between the ages of 18 and 54, who are undergoing tests for the anti-Covid vaccine at the Hospital of Verona. They are all well, they are constantly monitored and on Wednesday they will undergo the first controls at the Polyclinic. Additional checks will be carried out weekly. This phase follows the previous one that took place in Rome in Spallanzani where last Wednesday the first three doses of Grad-Cov2 vaccine were inoculated to other volunteers.

“If in six months they have not highlighted contraindications and have produced antibodies against the Coronavirus – said Stefano Milleri, director of the Center – we could say that we are on the right path for the vaccine. The vaccine has passed preclinical tests, performed both in vitro and in vivo in animal models, which showed the strong induced immune response and good safety profile, subsequently obtaining approval for phase One of the human trials ”. The clinical research center of the Borgo Roma Hospital in Verona is carrying out the experiment, as part of the collaboration between the University of Verona and Spallanzani.