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Another high jump on the day of the debut in the yellow band, worsening the performance. On the contrary: to be at the highest national level in a not very encouraging ranking. That of the new rate of positive swabs: yesterday in Puglia the percentage was 24.5%, the highest among all regions. As almost always happens over the weekend, the number of tests has decreased: 7,293, but with 1,789 cases registered. The increase in absolute value is in line with the trend of the last few days. And it points to Puglia among the regions with the highest number of total daily cases: yesterday third region, behind Veneto and Lombardy, and only one infected beyond Emilia Romagna. The three northern regions, however, have a lower, or even much lower, positive swab rate: 23.9% in Veneto, 9.3% in Lombardy, and 16% in Emilia Romagna. Unfortunately, the death bulletin was also updated yesterday in Puglia: another 24.
In short: another day with a flavor of paradox, after the promotion of Puglia in the yellow zone. The territorial fracture between the northern and southern parts of the region is resisting, to the point that the definition of the orange zone is specified for Foggia, Bat and Murgia Bari, a portion of Puglia where the virus circulates too easily and under pressure hospitable is almost unbearable. But beware: even in the rest of the provinces, the daily increases in positive cases are beginning to acquire significant proportions. Yesterday the new positives were 783 in the province of Bari, 259 in the province of Taranto, 220 in the province of Lecce, 214 in the province of Foggia, 160 in the province of Bat, 136 in the province of Brindisi, 8 residents outside of the region, 9 cases of unknown residence have been reclassified and assigned. Basically, Taranto and Salento have accumulated more infected than the provinces (Foggia and Bat) about to return to the orange band (intermediate risk) according to the intentions of the local authorities and the Region. The deaths were 12 in the province of Bat, 5 each in the provinces of Foggia and Bari, 2 in the province of Taranto (where, however, yesterday, during the day, 6 deaths were reported). Mortality remains the other critical front: since the beginning of the epidemic in Puglia there have been 1,712 deaths, largely concentrated in the span of this second wave.
The bed occupancy rate in Apulian hospitals remains high, or at least must be controlled with the utmost care. Fortunately, hospitalizations are growing at a slower rate, compared to the trend of recent weeks: yesterday only 11 admissions to intensive care units in Apulia, in five regions things got worse. According to the regional bulletin, there are 1,816 Covid patients in a hospital bed; 203 are in intensive care (eighth region). The hospital occupancy rate remains stable, with a cooling trend: 45% and 47% respectively for intensive care and other Covid departments.
With the transition to the yellow band, decreed in the light of the 21 sentinel indicators of the Ministry and the Higher Institute of Health, now in Puglia the reactivity of the health system becomes crucial: both in patient care and in follow-up of each individual’s close contacts. positive. Surely the contagion curve should flatten as soon as possible: considering the incidence per 100,000 inhabitants during the last seven days (a reliable criterion because it draws a trend), Puglia is the fifth.
The guard level is high throughout the country. The total number of deaths in Italy has exceeded 60 thousand, but it is true that in the last two weeks there has been a slight improvement in the trend of the pandemic: a reduction of cases by 3% per day. The ratio between 18,887 positive cases and 163,550 swabs performed increased by 0.8%, thus reaching 11.5%. And if meanwhile the only red region (Abruzzo) moves towards orange, the thermometer of concern is in the words of Agostino Miozzo, coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee: we are preparing to enter a phase in which “we will have doubling the criticality, those who will have seasonal flu and those who will have the current Covid will arrive at the emergency room ”,“ we could have imposed an absolute blockade, but we cannot afford it. ”Everywhere, and even more so in Puglia, it will now be necessary to strengthen the test campaigns (between molecular and antigenic swabs) and the tracking system Or larger shirts will impose heavy lifting in terms of infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
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