deaths and infections on October 23, 2020

The number of infections in Puglia continues to grow dramatically. Of the 5,253 tests carried out today, 590 people tested positive (absolute record since the beginning of the emergency): 234 in the province of Bari, 30 in the province of Brindisi, 58 in the province of Bat, 176 in the province of Foggia, 19 in the province of Lecce, 65 in the province of Taranto, 1 resident outside the region and 7 with unknown residence. There is also a death, registered in the province of Taranto. Active cases amount to 6,828, while 5,926 people recovered from the infection.

Since the start of the emergency, 523,235 tests have been carried out: the total number of confirmed cases is 13,400 divided as follows: 5,595 in the province of Bari, 1,271 in the province of Bat, 985 in the province of Brindisi, 3,219 in the province of Foggia, 1,012 in the province of Lecce, 1,212 in the province of Taranto, 95 attributed to residents outside the region, 11 from an unknown province.

The newsletter for Friday, October 23, 2020

The situation in the provinces of Foggia and Bari is of particular concern. In Capitanata, the last outstanding criticism refers to the Rodi Garganico municipality, where an outbreak has been identified within a comprehensive school: “So far 14 students and 4 teachers have been positive. . The Hygiene service is carrying out the epidemiological investigation, managing the fiduciary isolation and planning swabs of all students and school personnel. In addition, family and inter-family infections remain high “, says Vito Piazzolla, general director of« Asl Foggia.

“Faced with the occurrence of critical problems, now widespread in the area, the ASL is promptly applying security protocols to contain the infection and monitor risk situations, both within the health, socio-sanitary and social assistance structures as well as in the family. All this was discussed yesterday during a meeting with the prefect of Foggia. At the same time as the emergency management interventions, “adds the director general,” we continue to be the promoters of a strong awareness-raising action towards the structures that present the most fragility (such as nursing homes and nursing homes), towards our operators and all citizens so that they adopt responsible and appropriate behavior for the situation ”.

“There are 90 positives registered in a privately run RSSA in the area belonging to Socio-sanitary District No. 10. The operators of the Prevention Department of ASL Bari and the nucleus of nurses of the Di Venere Hospital intervened by subjecting them to a swab Molecular all guests and employees of the social and health facility for the elderly. 71 of the 110 guests and 19 of the 85 employees tested positive, with 4 guests for whom hospitalization was immediately arranged at the Covid center. The screening was completed yesterday afternoon, while today the classification from the clinical point of view is underway for all positives, who will undergo a chest X-ray and, where appropriate, infectious and / or pneumological consultations. Due to the high number of positives, the structure was remodeled by isolating the positives in wing A and transferring the negatives to wing B, which was previously sanitized. For negative subjects , an additional verification with a molecular swab is foreseen ”, says Antonio Sanguedolce, director of ASL Bari.