Covid in Italy, another 653 deaths, stable positive rate at 14.4%

The daily bulletin of the pandemic in Italy is updated with another 653 deaths in the last 24 hours. A big toll, but less than 100 units like today. The Ministry of Health counts another 36,176 cases. With 250,186 swabs done, the positivity rate is essentially stable compared to yesterday, at 14.4%.

Among the Regions there are 7,453 new cases in Lombardy, 5,349 in Piedmont, 3,753 in Veneto.

“Today, for the first time since the start of the new wave, the total number of hospitalizations in Lombardy is negative (-32). A new little sign of improvement.
It may be an isolated number or the beginning of the decline, the numbers are not as high as the wave we faced in March, but our hospitals are treating 8,291 hospitalized patients and 915 intensive care patients with enormous commitment. Consolidating the “minus” sign in these two numbers is our absolute priority: caution, distance and masks ”, the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, writes on Facebook.

“In Lazio, the value of Rt falls below 1 and stands at 0.9”, announces the regional councilor for Health, Alessio D’Amato. “In addition, the median time between the date of onset of symptoms and the date of diagnosis decreases from 4 to 2 days, the occupancy rate of the total intensive care beds is 32% and that of the medical area for covid patients 49%. We must not lower our guard, we still have time. “