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«For the first time there are signs of criticality related to the spread of the virus in our country. There is a significant burden on local services that need to be monitored for their potential impact on welfare services. ”Here’s what they say Ministry of Health YHigher Institute of Health (Iss) in the Covid monitoring for the period September 28 to October 4, 2020, highlighting that “it is mandatory to adopt rigorous individual behaviors with conscience, in particular physical distancing and the use of masks, in order to limit the risk of transmission to avoid more and more rapid worsening of the epidemic. »In the period from September 17 to 30, 2020,” the TR calculated on symptomatic cases is equal to 1.06 “.
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The report shows, therefore, that, for the tenth consecutive week, new cases continue to increase with an accumulated incidence in the last 14 days of 44.37 per 100,000 inhabitants, registered between September 21 and October 4, compared to 34.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in the period September 14-27. There is also an increase in the number of symptomatic cases in the same period (8,198 in the 21 / 9-4 / 10 period versus 6,650 in the 14-27 / 9 period).
More than 3,800 active shoots
A total of 3,805 active outbreaks were reported, of which 1,181 new (the adopted definition of an outbreak foresees the identification of 2 or more positive cases linked to each other), both increasing for the tenth consecutive week (in the previous follow-up week they had been reported 3,266 active outbreaks of which 909 new). Outbreaks have been reported in almost all provinces (104/107). Most of these outbreaks continue to occur at home (77.6%). The percentage of outbreaks detected in recreational activities continues to decline (4.1% compared to 4.5% the previous week).
“Avoid gatherings at home and outdoors”
We must “maintain rigorous behavior.” It is “essential to avoid events and initiatives with risk of aggregation in public and private places and it is imperative to adopt rigorous and conscientious individual behavior to limit the risk of transmission to avoid a greater and faster worsening of the epidemic”. It is the alert that comes from the weekly monitoring of the Ministry of Health-Iss.
77% of outbreaks in the family
There are “important red flags” linked to an increase in local transmission of the virus, spread throughout the country, causing outbreaks, even of considerable size, especially reported in the home / family. Most outbreaks continue to occur in the domestic environment, equivalent to 77.6%. Therefore, it remains essential to maintain “a high awareness of the general population about the now evident and more rapid worsening of the epidemiological situation and the importance of continuing to strictly comply with all necessary measures to reduce the risk of transmission, such as: hand washing, use of masks and physical distancing, ”says the weekly health monitoring ministry-Iss.
Rezza: “Be careful at this stage”
In this phase we must be extremely cautious, avoid public and private aggregations, always wear a mask, use physical distancing measures and take care of hand hygiene ”. This is the comment of Gianni Rezza, general director of sanitary prevention of the Ministry of Health, on the results of this week’s follow-up of the ISS-Ministry of Covid-19 cases.
“The number of Covid-19 cases in our country increases – Rezza summarized – for the tenth consecutive week. This time a little more than in recent weeks. The RT slightly exceeds unity. There are outbreaks, sporadic cases in all Italian regions. And the number of hospital admissions tends to increase even if there is no intensive care overload ”.
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