Palermo, three elderly people died of Covid in the hospital. A positive newborn, discovered in the emergency room

Bad news on the Covid front in Palermo. Two older than eighty died last night in the intensive care unit of the Cervelló hospital. They were among eight patients hospitalized and affected by the coronavirus. “His situation was already serious – notify the hospital – The clinical picture was compromised. We tried all possible cures, but there was nothing to do.”

In addition to the two deaths of the Brain, a victim is also registered in Villa Sofía. A 72-year-old woman died in Cardiology, after being hospitalized in Neurosurgery and Neuroreanimation. The swab done after death would have given a positive result. Even a neurosurgery nurse would be infected. Tests are currently being carried out with all subjects, patients and healthcare professionals, who have come into contact with the deceased. Among the new positives, one was discovered in the brain’s pediatric emergency department: it is a newborn.

In the last 24 hours, 61 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in Sicily. Among them, three migrants, one in Syracuse and two in Ragusa. This is reported by the newsletter of the Ministry of Health, which still does not take into account today’s victims. There are currently 1,793 positives of which 120 hospitalized, 17 in intensive care and 1,656 in home isolation, for a total of 5,241 cases since the beginning of the epidemic. There are 14 recovered and 3,158 since the start of the pandemic. The swabs performed were 2,726. The deaths officially number 290, with a Messina man who died in a Catania hospital.

The 61 new positives are divided by province: two in Agrigento, 26 in Catania, two in Enna, 25 in Palermo, two in Ragusa, four in Syracuse.

A case of asymptomatic positivity in Covid led to the forced quarantine of all the collaborators of the restaurant “La Madia” in Licata, of the two-star chef Pino Cuttaia, and the temporary closure of the restaurant.

“In the development of my business I scrupulously complied with the anti-Covid-19 regulations, adopting all preventive measures to guarantee maximum security for our employees and clients – explains Cuttaia – With a sense of responsibility and caution, all collaborators are in Forced Quarantine and wait to do the swab In addition, we are calling all those who have been guests in the last days in La Madia inviting them to contact immediately with the Prevention Department, Epidemiology Service, of the ASP of Agrigento. the new reopening dates for La Madia restaurant “.