“Rt 1.7 and scenario 4 in some regions”

Published on: 10/30/2020 4:34 PM

“The Rt index in Italy is at 1.7, continues to grow, and refers to last week. All regions are above the Rt 1 value and many even significantly above, and this is an important element.” This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, in his speech on the analysis of the epidemiological situation of Covid-19 in Italy during the press conference at the Ministry of Health.

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“We are in a situation compatible with scenario 3 towards scenario 4”, he explained, pointing out “in some regions the achievement of scenario 4”. To “counteract the curve, together with the measures taken we must all work to reduce aggregations.”

“The average age of people who contract the” Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus infection “in recent weeks, after a period of stabilization, is growing slightly and this means that only the young population is no longer infected, as occurred during the month of August (with the week of August being the lowest) ”, but the contagion“ affects all age groups a bit, ”he stressed.

“Certainly the age groups most affected are the young,” he specified, “but progressively the older age groups also begin to be affected. We are slowly starting to grow, therefore, and this is of important importance with respect to the potential for transmission to older people, who are at higher risk of mortality.