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In the last 24 there are 878 new cases and the same number of people recovered and discharged. These are just some of the numbers of the daily bulletin published by the Ministry of Health with updates on the Island where 7,237 swabs were made. Hospital admissions decreased (-20) for a total of 1,071 patients, while the number of patients admitted to intensive care remained practically unchanged (from 182 to 174): 8 retired but 7 new ones were admitted. The positivity rate increases by 3 percentage points, from 9 to 12.13%.
This is the distribution among the Sicilian provinces: 180 in Palermo, 278 in Catania, 190 in Messina, 61 in Ragusa, 55 in Syracuse, 50 in Trapani, 34 in Enna, 16 in Caltanissetta and 14 in Agrigento.
The number of subjects in home isolation increased to 32,843 (+251 compared to the previous day). Instead, the number of deaths decreases: 22 people died on the last day, bringing the death toll in Sicily to 2,131 victims since the beginning of the pandemic until today. The total number of cases analyzed amounts to 759,554, while the number of swabs performed amounts to 1,133,274. Between Palermo and the province there are currently 33,843 positives. Stable figures that seem to confirm the slow decline in the contagion curve a few days before the Christmas holidays.
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The Christmas Decree
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte presented the last decree out of the oven for the Christmas holidays. The provision provides for the alternation between the red zone (scheduled for holidays and the eve of holidays from December 24 to January 6) and the orange zone. Openings, but with due caution, for Christmas lunches. In this sense they have been provided some clarification. “During holidays and the eve of holidays it will be possible to move around the region to reach family and friends, it will be allowed to receive two non-cohabiting guests per day, who may be accompanied by children under 14 years old. 22 and 5 “.
„“We do not enter the homes of Italians, it is a decree law – said last night the president of the Council of Ministers – conceived as a limit to circulation. It leaves with self-certification.” These are the clarifications made by the prime minister during the press conference in which he illustrated the provision of December 18 number 172, which establishes the red and orange zones from December 24 to January 6. But when will self-certification be needed during the close of Christmas 2020?
Coronavirus, today’s newsletter Saturday, December 19, 2020
- New cases: 16,308 (yesterday 17,992);
- Swabs (diagnosis and control): 176,185
- Currently positive: 620,166,
- Hospitalized: 25,364;
- Admitted to intensive care: 2,784;
- Total positive cases: 1,938,083;
- Deaths: 68,447;
- Total discharges / recovered: 1,249,470.
