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28% of intensive care beds and 37% of those in the “non-critical” area, that is, the internal medicine, infectious diseases and pulmonology rooms, are already occupied. According to the elaboration of Agenas, the health agency of the Regions, Italy is one step away from the two alert thresholds established by the control room, the group led by the Higher Institute of Health that every week monitors the trend of the epidemic . This is the work that is being used in these hours to establish how to graduate between the different Regions the closing measures of the expected new Dpcm.
The figures are more worrying, as they are higher than those of the last follow-up presented last Friday by the control room. In addition, that document took into account the situation in the week between 19 and 25 while the data from Agenas refer to yesterday, Monday November 2. Many of the Regions (8) already exceed the 30% occupancy threshold for intensive care units, which currently have 7,221 beds throughout the country and which, as is well known, can still be strengthened if they are put in place. respirators purchased by the extraordinary commissioner. Domenico Arcuri.
In that case, of course, the necessary personnel must also be found to make them work, which is not easy at the moment. The other safety threshold refers to beds in non-critical areas and is set at 40%. The regions that reach or exceed it are 7. In this case the available beds are 60 thousand. This is a part of the beds in Italian hospitals, which are many more, that is, 190 thousand, which includes the three mentioned medical specialties. The two thresholds are used as indicators of pressure on hospitals because reaching them means greatly compressing activity for non-Covid patients.
Here is the photograph of the percentage of employment in intensive care wards and non-critical areas respectively in the different Regions
Abruzzo 22% and 39%
Basilicata 20% e 22%
Calabria 13% and 20%
Campania 33% and 37%
Emilia romagna 25% and 31%
Friuli Venezia Giulia 21% e 12%
Lazio 22% and 40%
Liguria 7% and 60%
Lombardy 42% and 42%
Market 35% and 35%
Molise 17% and 12%
Piedmont 34% e 61%
Bolzano Province 42% e 58%
Province of Trento 22% e 22%
Apulia 24% and 31%
Sardinia 24% and 24%
Sicily 24% and 31%
Tuscany 39% e 34%
Umbria 47% e 47%
Aosta Valley 60% and 144%
Veneto 16% and 17%.
(Source Agenas, data updated to November 2)
