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PUGLIA – After the illusion of summer, the SARS-CoV-2 no longer stops, although the numbers are much less alarming in Salento, the Sisp dell’Asl di Lecce is in trouble: too many swabs to perform, too many people to intercept , too many positives to monitor and so many contacts to isolate. Add to this the fact that infectious disease wards are beginning to saturate. Al Dea Pneumologia has never closed: it will be expanded with a covid department on the fourth floor, since there is no more space in the Fazzi. The staff of the Public Health and Hygiene Service is beginning to be insufficient from a numerical point of view. Meanwhile, there are two schools that SARS-Cov-2 reached in the last 24 hours: one in the province, where the Caprarica teacher works, who tested positive yesterday (two classes were isolated and subjected to swabs) and one in Lecce, a private school where a child is positive. The number of people hospitalized amounted to 480. Today, 10 people tested positive in the Lecce area. Lecce, Tricase, Castrignano dei Greci, Ortelle, Collepasso, Caprarica di Lecce and Sannicola are the last municipalities with new positive aspects. Between Saturday and Sunday, Castrignano dei Greci left the circle of countries that had been free of covid since the beginning of the pandemic, as happened with Ortelle and Corsano. Currently in Castrignano dei Greci there are 5 positive aspects: it is 2 families connected with children, all their contacts are negative.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BULLETIN
Today, Wednesday October 21, 2020, 5,300 tests were registered and emerged for the Covid-19 coronavirus infection 324 positive cases: 123 in the province of Bari, 26 in the province of Brindisi, 38 in the province of BAT, 61 in the province of Foggia, 10 in the province of Lecce, 61 in the province of Taranto, 5 residents outside the region.
Two deaths were recorded in the province of Bari.
Since the beginning of the emergency, 502,331 tests have been carried out.
5,690 patients were recovered.
Currently, 5,991 are positive cases.
The total of positive Covid cases in Puglia is 12,325, divided as follows:
5,183 in the province of Bari;
1,160 in the province of Bat;
933 in the province of Brindisi;
2,911 in the province of Foggia;
974 in the province of Lecce;
1,064 in the province of Taranto;
94 attributed to residents outside the region;
6 province of unknown residence.
IN BRINDISI, PLASMA DONATIONS RESUME
“All the bags that had been collected so far – explains Antonella MiccoLi, vicar director of the transfusion center, were used to treat patients from Perrino or other hospitals in Apulia. Screening continues in people who have recovered COVID-19: after purchasing i potential donor data proWe agree with the blood chemistry analyzes and send the test tubes to the Experimental Zoo-Prophylactic Institute in Foggia, which examines the anti-Sars-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titer. A new plasma donation is already planned for tomorrow ”.
