In just one day, 590 cases of Covid-19 in Puglia. Never so many in 24 hours

The president of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano, based on information from the director of the Health Promotion department, Vito Montanaro, reports that today, Friday, October 23, 2020 in Puglia, 5253 tests have been registered for infection by coronavirus Covid-19 and there have been 590 positive cases registered:

• 234 in the province of Bari,
• 30 in the province of Brindisi,
• 58 in the BAT province,
• 176 in the province of Foggia,
• 19 in the province of Lecce,
• 65 in the province of Taranto,
• 1 resident outside the region,
• 7 province of unknown residence.

One death was recorded in the province of Taranto.
523,235 tests have been carried out since the emergency began.

• 5,926 are recovered patients.
• There are currently 6,828 positive cases.

The total of positive Covid cases in Puglia 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 province of unknown residence.

The APL prevention departments have activated all the procedures for the acquisition of anamnestic and epidemiological information, with the aim of tracing close contacts. The epidemiological bulletin of the Puglia region 23.10.2020 is available at the link: http://rpu.gl/OnUOj

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Statement from DG ASL Bari, Antonio Sanguedolce. “There are 90 positives registered in a RSSA, privately managed, in the territory belonging to the socio-sanitary district No. 10. The operators of the Prevention Department of ASL Bari and the nucleus of nurses of the Hospital Di Venere intervened by submitting a Molecular swab to all guests and employees of the social and health care center 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 activity 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 consultations and / or pneumological.

Given 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, additional verification with a molecular swab is planned. “
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Statement from DG ASL Foggia, Vito Piazzolla: “These days there is an increase in positive cases in the province of Foggia. The latest criticality is linked to an outbreak identified in an institution such as Rodi Garganico where, at the moment, 14 students are positive and 4 teachers The Hygiene service is conducting the epidemiological investigation, managing the fiduciary isolation and planning swabs of all students and school personnel, in addition, family and inter-family infections continue to be high.

Given the appearance 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-health and care structures as well as in the family.

All this was discussed yesterday during a meeting with the prefect of Foggia. Parallel to the emergency management interventions, we continue to promote a strong awareness-raising action towards the most fragile structures (such as nursing homes and nursing homes), towards our operators and all citizens so that responsible and appropriate behaviors are adopted ” .