Covid: 10,800 new cases in 24 hours, 348 victims – Health



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I am 10,800 new cases of coronavirus in Italy in the last 24 hours. the the victims are 348. This was announced by the new bulletin of the Ministry of Health. IS’ the positivity rate was unchanged from Sunday in Covid in Italy, standing at 13.8%. 77,993 swabs were made in 24 hours.

Patients admitted to intensive care for coronavirus in Italy are declining: they are 4 less than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits, with 136 new entries. There are 2,579 patients currently hospitalized in intensive care, compared to 2,583 on Sunday. On the other hand, there are 23,317 people in the rooms, 242 more on Sunday. 16,206 cured or discharged increased, for a total of 1,520,106 since the start of the pandemic. The victims, on the other hand, reach 75,680.

“I think the next few days are still waiting. We really can’t let our guard down, the situation is still critical and definitely unstable.” This was said by the coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee Agostino Miozzo after being vaccinated at the Spallanzani in Rome. “We are verifying the trend of the epidemic curve that tells us that the curve has stabilized, not down. Some regions have an Rt that is rising and three of them are above 1 – continues Miozzo – We will verify the day after tomorrow what is the parameter for the whole country according to the latest available data “.

“Right now we are checking the outcome of the pre-Christmas shopping days with the assault on the stores. It is very likely that there will be a decrease, that the two weeks of restrictions that the government has imposed on the country will give results, “said Miozzo.. “But we will see the results from next week. By mid-January we will see if the curve has benefited from the painful restrictions that have been imposed on the Italians,” he added.

“The Lazio and Spallanzani region are doing an excellent job. Regions further back will try to follow. It is not a game, it is extremely serious, “explained Miozzo.” Lazio has shown that they know how to do mass vaccination well -he added-. This is the largest vaccination campaign in the history of our country. We must start up in all regions of our country ”.

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