Covid in Emilia-Romagna: 138 new cases and one death in the last 24 hours

BOLOGNA. Since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic, 33,363 positive cases have been recorded in Emilia-Romagna, 138 more than yesterday, of which 66 asymptomatic identified in the context of regional contact tracing and detection activities. Of the 138 new cases, 57 were already isolated at the time the swab was performed and 54 were identified in known outbreaks. There are 29 new infections related to returns from abroad, for which the Region has provided two nasopharyngeal swabs during fiduciary isolation if they arrive from non-Schengen countries and one swab if they return from Greece, Spain, Croatia and Malta. . The number of cases returning from other regions is 12. The average age of new positives is currently 40 years. Of the 66 new asymptomatic patients, 31 were identified through screening and tests introduced by the Region, 2 through prehospital tests, 32 through contact tracing, while in 1 case the epidemiological investigation is still ongoing. Regarding the situation in the territory, the highest number of cases is registered in the provinces of Bologna (29), Ravenna (25), Modena (18), Rimini (12), Ferrara (12) and Parma (10).

In the province of Bologna there are 29 new positives, of which 4 returned from abroad (France, Spain, Romania and Ukraine), 4 from other regions (1 from Sicily, 1 from Marche and 2 from Puglia), 10 contacts of outbreaks already There are 2 known cases followed by controls in an ARC and 9 classified as sporadic. In Ravenna and its province, out of 25 new positives, 6 returned from abroad (4 from Albania, 1 from Ukraine and 1 from Romania), 2 from other regions (1 from Sardinia and 1 from Puglia), 13 from follow-up in already known cases and 4 identified after detection activities. In the province of Modena, of 18 new positives, 11 arose thanks to the tracking of known cases related to family outbreaks, 3 returned from abroad (1 from Albania and 2 from Ukraine), 2 cases after screening and swabbing, and 2 sporadic cases. In Rimini and its province, of 12 new positives, 3 returned from abroad (2 from Ukraine and 1 from Romania), 7 cases detected after contact tracing activities and 2 classified as sporadic. In the province of Ferrara, of 12 new positives, 4 returned from abroad (2 from Albania, 1 from Lebanon and 1 from Romania), 4 identified as contacts of already known cases and 4 after a swab in the presence of symptoms. In the province of Parma, out of 10 new positives, 2 returned from Romania, 2 from other regions (1 from Sardinia and 1 from Tuscany), 2 cases attributable to contacts related to outbreaks already known, 2 arose after previous tests hospitalization and 2 cases classified as sporadic.

The swabs made yesterday are 9,911, for a total of 1,019,818. To these are added 2,026 serological tests. Active cases, that is, the number of real patients, are 3,827 today (97 more than those registered yesterday). There is a death in the province of Bologna: a 78-year-old man with previous pathologies.
People in isolation at home, or those with mild symptoms that do not require hospital treatment, or are asymptomatic, are a total of 3,658 (86 more than yesterday), 95% of active cases. There are 17 patients in intensive care (-1 compared to yesterday), while 152 are hospitalized in the other rooms of the Covid (+12). A total of 25,067 people were recovered (+40 compared to yesterday): 12 “clinically cured”, that is, who were asymptomatic after presenting clinical manifestations associated with the infection, and 25,055 those declared completely cured because they were negative in two consecutive tests .

These are the new cases of positivity in the area, which do not refer to the province of residence, but to the one in which the diagnosis was made: 4,884 in Piacenza (+7, of which 1 symptomatic), 4,083 in Parma ( +10, of which 4 symptomatic), 5,553 in Reggio Emilia (+9, of which 7 symptomatic), 4,643 in Modena (+18, of which 10 symptomatic), 5,930 in Bologna (+29, of which 20 symptomatic), 534 in Imola (+ 6, of which 1 symptomatic), 1,319 in Ferrara (+12, of which 8 symptomatic), 1,619 in Ravenna (+25, of which 13 symptomatic), 1,258 in Forlì ( +4, of which 2 symptomatic), 1,043 in Cesena (+6, of which 1 symptomatic) and 2,497 in Rimini (+12, of which 5 symptomatic).