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Another day with red zone numbers for Friuli Venezia Giulia: in the last 24 hours there have been 1,018 new infections (13.53 percent of the 7,522 swabs made) and 28 deaths from Covid-19. The victims were between 65 and 98 years old (13 over 90, 11 over 80). Fifteen died in the hospital, eleven in nursing homes. And nursing homes for the elderly remain among the most critical structures also in terms of infections: 97 were found among the guests, 34 among the operators. At the Ianus nursing home in Palmanova, the positives among the guests are 47 out of 52. The structure has been declared a red zone, as requested by Mayor Martines.
The current cases of infection in Friuli Venezia Giulia are 12,380, 1 percent of the population. The number of patients treated in intensive care has increased to 54 and 505 hospitalized in other wards.
“The trend of new positives in our region sees a situation very different from the initial one. We closed the first phase with an average of 2 thousand swabs, now we are at 6-7 thousand ”, said the health advisor Riccardi. The average age of those affected begins to rise in summer was reduced. The age group older than 70 years should be observed with special attention, they are recovering ”.
“The part of hospitalizations in the medical area is making us more difficult and the projections we have lead us to a growing demand,” said Riccardi-. Intensive care has exceeded 30% but the curve grows with different intensity. compared to hospitalization in the medical area. the isolation of cases exceeds 11 thousand units ”.
