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Intensive care employed at 42% (less than in recent weeks but above the critical threshold of 30%), another 40 deaths in 24 hours and 980 cases in 3669 swabs confirming a high percentage (25%). This is the photograph delivered by the Covid newsletter in Puglia.
Of the 980 new positives, 404 in the province of Bari, 66 in the province of Brindisi, 187 in the province BAT, 168 in the province of Foggia, 16 in the province of Lecce, 139 in the province of Taranto, 3 residents outside In the region, 3 cases of note non-residence have been reclassified and attributed. Beyond the Bari area, which registers the highest number of ASIs by far, the critical areas, for which Governor Emiliano had requested the red area, are the provinces of Bat and Foggia.
After the 32 deaths yesterday, today another 40 deaths: 20 in the province of Bari, 18 in the province of Foggia, 1 in the province of Lecce, 1 in the province of Taranto.
To date, the cured have risen to 11,288, registering more than 300 cases compared to yesterday. There are currently 31,979 positives in our region, approximately 95% in home isolation.
Regarding hospitalizations, in Puglia 42% of Covid-19 intensive care beds are occupied, as confirmed by the latest survey carried out by Agenas, the National Agency for Regional Health Services, updated on November 22. Apulia is slightly below the Italian average (43%) but above the critical threshold of 30% set by the Ministry of Health.
Compared to a week ago there was a reduction of three percentage points, from 45 to 42%.
On the other hand, in terms of the total number of Covid beds, which is why those for pulmonology, medicine and infectious diseases are also included, 45% are occupied, compared to an Italian average of 51%.
BARLETTA, LAST BEATS FOR CAMPO HOSPITAL – The preparation of the military field hospital in the parking lot in front of the «Dimiccoli» hospital in Barletta is in its final stage. It is a PMA, Advanced Medical Post, created by the Marina San Marco brigade, the same one that on April 2 had installed a similar hospital in Jesi, Ancona, again to face the Covid emergency in the first wave of the epidemic. then out of service in mid-May. An inspection of the Minister of Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia, and the head of the Department of Civil Protection, Angelo Borrelli, is scheduled at 4:00 p.m.
The Barletta field hospital is made up of ten tents divided by two corridors, in which 40 beds will be installed in the medical area, to lighten the emergency work and prevent patients from being left without assistance. The tents are already set up and workers are currently working to connect the medical gas systems. In an area not too far away, another six tents are installed for the hospital’s logistics, that is, the technical-administrative staff. The Navy health workers who will be in charge of managing the field hospital will be about 30 that the Asl Bt personnel have been training in recent days.
PUGLIA, 42% EMPLOYED IN INTENSIVE CARE –
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