[ad_1]
Sixth death among the group of patients positive for coronavirus in the Porto Viro nursing home and later transferred to Trecenta. It is about a 79-year-old man, already ill, who had been hospitalized, after the discovery of the outbreak in the nursing home, at the Trecenta hospital. Here, in the intensive care unit, his conditions unfortunately worsened and led to his death.
The news is given by the Ulss 5 Polesana newsletter on the evolution of the coronavirus. The same bulletin detects 4 new positivities of residents in Polesine (there are a total of 634 residents in Polesine with positivity to Covid-19 detected since the beginning of the epidemic).
The new positivity: a non-sanitary worker from the “Villa Resemini” Senior Service Center in Stienta who emerged during the examination of the facility; a man from 1972, a resident of Alto Polesine, performed the swab for the appearance of symptoms compatible with Covid-19. He was placed in home isolation and an epidemiological investigation is underway to reconstruct contacts; a man from 1958 and a woman from 1989, residents of Upper Polesine, contacts in a work environment outside the Region. They carried out the swab in the province where the company they work for is located and they tested positive. They are asymptomatic.
“Unfortunately – comments the general director of Ulss 5 Antonio Compostella – we must report the death of a man in 1941, who resided in Lower Polesine, who had been hospitalized in Porto Viro due to a series of previous pathologies; After the positive finding, he was transferred to the Trecenta Hospital, where he was admitted to the Covid Intensive Care Unit in serious condition. He passed away today, Thursday, September 17. My condolences and that of the Company to the family.
Therefore, it has been confirmed that the coronavirus is a particularly insidious enemy, especially for people who already have a difficult clinical picture. The so-called “fragile patients”, so it seems to be a priority to protect as much as possible.
There are currently 20 hospitalized patients at the Ulss 5 facility for Covid-19, in particular: 18 patients at the Covid Medical Area in Trecenta; 1 patient in Covid Intensive Care in Trecenta; 1 patient in Infectious Diseases in Rovigo
With regard to non-hospital residential structures, there are other innovations contained in the newsletter. “An operator from the Taglio di Po Housing Community and a non-health worker from the ‘Villa Resemini’ì Senior Service Center in Stienta are positive,” confirms the Ulss 5 update.
The swabs made since the beginning of the epidemic, in Polesine, are 85,822. People subjected to swabs are 33,644. All the children and school workers at the Porto Viro municipal nursery, where a girl had been positive in recent days, performed the first swab and tested negative.
Two new cures They bring the total number of cured in Polesine since the beginning of the epidemic to 484. There are currently 108 positive people in the province. To date, 459 people have been placed in home isolation with active surveillance.
[ad_2]
