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There are 4,913 active outbreaks, of which 1,749 are new. The virus runs: infection logs and smears. The number of victims doubles, the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care and medical areas increases
by Nicoletta Cottone
There are 4,913 active outbreaks, of which 1,749 are new. The virus runs: infection logs and smears. The number of victims doubles, the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care and medical areas increases
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Registry of infections and smears. The victims double. And the government and the Ministry of Health are studying the launch, on the day or tomorrow at the latest, of a dpcm that foresees a new repression to stop the exponential growth of the figures. Among the measures considered: curfew from 10 pm, as is already the case in many European countries, but also the closure of gyms, hairdressers, barbers, beauty centers, but also cinemas and theaters. He also reflects on distance learning in high school.
Scientific Technical Committee Press
There is also pressure on the government from the Scientific Technical Committee: “In light of the new data that have emerged and the new phase, stricter measures are needed to deal with the progressive increase in infections.” More restrictive measures were requested in a short time to exceed the current Dpcm, also in view of the weekend. Among the hypotheses, that of a ‘curfew’ and distance education at least for secondary schools. Objective: avoid a new blockade. Meanwhile, the first local closures are triggered, the red zones are intensifying. Campania, with an order signed by Governor Vincenzo De Luca, has established that schools will not teach in the classroom. Also suspension of the activities of recreational and recreational clubs, prohibition of the sale of takeout food after 9:00 p.m. Some regions have already implemented the suspension of non-urgent hospital admissions, the prohibition of visits to patients. He returned from Brussels to decide without delay new national measures to contain the infection, obviously in agreement with the Regions ”, said the head of the Pd delegation to the government Dario Franceschini.
The epidemic accelerates, the ten most exposed regions
The coronavirus epidemic is accelerating, the weekly report of the Ministry of Health and the Higher Institute of Health reported yesterday. The virus circulates throughout the country, increases the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care and in the medical area and in some regions and autonomous provinces it is believed that critical values will be reached already in the next month. The report for the week of October 5 to 11 reports that there are ten regions with a defined high risk for the maintenance of intensive care: Abruzzo, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy, Puglia, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria and Valle d’Aosta . . Based on follow-up, they have a chance of exceeding the 30% threshold of intensive care units occupied by Covid patients in the next month, from oldest to oldest. The regions reported with the highest level of risk for this parameter are Lombardy and Liguria. In a few days the number of symptomatic cases has almost doubled (15,189 symptomatic cases in the period September 28-October 11 compared to 8,198 symptomatic cases in the period September 21-October 4).
Regions consider additional measures
An invitation arrives to the Regions, “in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, to carry out a rapid analysis of risks, even at the subregional level, and to evaluate the timely increase of containment and mitigation measures in the most affected areas”: it reads in the weekly monitoring of the Ministry of Health and Iss. A rapid subregional risk analysis is necessary for the timely increase of containment and mitigation measures in the most affected areas based on the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health.
National Rt at 1.17, only two regions below 1
In the period from September 24 to October 7, 2020, the Rt calculated on symptomatic cases is equal to 1.17. Only two regions have the RT below 1: Molise at 0.83, Calabria at 0.94. In 17 Regions and in the two autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano, the value of the Rt transmissibility index is higher than 1. The highest value in Valle d’Aosta (1.53), followed by Piedmont (1.39) and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (1.32). Register 1 Basilicata. Here are all the indices: Abruzzo 1.18, Basilicata 1, Calabria 0.94, Campania 1.29, Emilia Romagna 1.12, Friuli Venezia Giulia 1.24, Lazio 1.14, Liguria 1.02, Lombardy 1.15, Marche 1.14, Molise 0.83, Autonomous Province of Bolzano 1.32, Piedmont 1.39 , Autonomous province of Trento 1.15, Puglia 1.14, Sardinia 1.1, Sicily 1.23, Tuscany 1.28, Umbria 1.4, Valle d’Aosta 1.53, Veneto 1.15.
