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On Friday, November 20, 2020, data from the weekly monitoring of the Istituto Superiore Sanità on COVID-19 infection. The Rt transmissibility index rose in seven days, from 1.43 to 1.18 throughout the country. The signal is clear, the restrictive measures imposed by the government, in different ways according to the regions, are beginning to give some results.
However, the growth of coronavirus infections in Italy is stabilizing, as the professor said today Franco Locatelli, it would be a serious mistake to relax the restrictive measures now. In fact, it must be taken into account that in any case hospitalizations are increasing, as well as those related to intensive care.
RT indices by region
The president of the ISS Silvio Brusaferro, confirmed the slowdown in the growth of infections, distributed a bit throughout the country, unlike what happened with the first wave of COVID-19. There Basilicata it is the region with the highest Rt index (1.54). In contrast, three regions have a transmissibility index Rt, less than 1: Sardinia, Lazio me Liguria.
Three regions are considered at risk, although moderate, with a high probability of going to high risk in December: Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Molise, this is what the ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring draft says. For this reason, even more restrictive anti-Covid measures could be taken. Currently, Molise and Veneto are in the yellow zone, while the FVG is in the orange zone. Here is the full picture of the Rt index for all regions, including autonomous provinces:
- Basilicata 1.54
- Tuscany 1.44
- Abruzzo 1.29
- Friuli Venezia Giulia 1.29
- Walk 1.27
- Lombardy 1.25
- Apulia 1.24
- Aosta Valley 1.23
- Veneto 1.23
- Bolzano 1.22
- Emilia Romagna 1.20
- Sicily 1.16
- Campania 1.13
- Piedmont 1.10
- Calabria 1.09
- Umbria 1.09
- Trento 1.07
- Molise 1.05
The band to which the regions belong
The region Abruzzo It will become a red zone by its own decision and subsequent ratification by Minister Speranza, regardless of the data, as of November 22. For the rest of the autonomous regions and provinces, no band changes are expected until November 27, 2020. In fact, until December 3, the restrictive measures in force in Calabria, Apulia, Sicily, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle de Aosta are confirmed by an ordinance of the Minister of Health.
Each region has the possibility of imposing more restrictive measures in some areas of its territory, at the municipal or provincial level. However, none have so far.
In Red zone there are the provinces of Bolzano, Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta, Tuscany, Campania and Calabria, since November 22 also Abruzzo. In orange zone: Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Liguria, Marche, Umbria, Puglia, Basilicata and Sicily. In yellow zone: the province of Trento, Veneto, Lazio and Molise.
