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Decrease in the number of victims, current positives and people hospitalized (albeit slightly). New infections are stable. Many are cured. This is the photograph of Sicily, in contrast to the rest of Italy, that emerges from today’s newsletter on the Coronavirus emergency. There are 519 new cases (-41 compared to yesterday) out of 23,161 swabs processed, so the positivity rate remains (almost) stable at 2.2% (yesterday it was 2). Instead, there are 12 new deaths caused by Covid.
There are 670 patients hospitalized under the ordinary regime in the island’s hospitals (-6 compared to yesterday), while in intensive care there are 120 patients (+2) with 6 new admissions. Those recovered are four times more than those newly infected – 2,374 – so the number of current positives (that is, of people who have the virus at this time) decreases even today, which therefore become 22,678 ( -1,867). Of these, 21,888 are in home isolation. In short, it seems that at this moment the third wave is saving Sicily. For this reason, it is advisable to proceed with the utmost caution and respecting all anti-Covid regulations.
The province of Palermo with 221 new infections is close to 45 thousand cases established since the beginning of the pandemic. Catania 42,381 (+128); Messina 20.041 (+28); Syracuse 10.801 (+24); Trapani 10.702 (+11); Ragusa 8.512 (+33); Caltanissetta 7,085 (+14); Agrigento 6,287 (+46); Enna 4,468 (+14).
The situation in the rest of Italy
The new bulletin records more than 24,000 new cases across the country. “It is the confirmation that we are in a growth phase”, explains the director of Prevention of the health ministry Gianni Rezza. There is a noticeable increase this week. And also that what we were saying in recent days was not scaremongering but rightly the anticipation of a possible increase that we hope to contain ”.
In hospitals today there are 217 more occupied beds while 2,525 covid patients have to go to intensive care, 50 more than yesterday, net of 222 new admissions and 13,682 recovered. Unfortunately, even today there are 297 patient deaths who have tested positive for Covid-19. Currently, the positivity rate is 10.91% for molecular swabs and 1.29% for rapid tests.
“The infection at this time occurs mainly at the family level” they explain from the Higher Institute of Health while Rezza warns: “The moment is critical with respect to the trend of the epidemic but we can intervene promptly also by promoting vaccination. Campaign “. The biggest concern is that the Brazilian variant could bypass immunity by causing reinfection. “We are not closing schools, but we need to do more distance education – explains ISS President Silvio Brusaferro – We need to intervene to contain transmission, in addition to family transmission, even in these age groups, because we see an increase in cases”.
Coronavirus, today’s newsletter, Friday, March 5
New cases: 24,036 (yesterday 22,865)
Cases tested: 128288 (yesterday 112202)
Swabs (diagnosis and control): 378,463 (yesterday 339,635)
molecular: 198630 of which 21678 positives are equivalent to 10.91% (yesterday 11.46%)
fast: 179,833 of which 2,332 positives equal 1.29% (yesterday 1.19%)
Currently positive: 456,470 (yesterday 446,439, +9018)
Hospitalized: 20,374, +217 (yesterday 20,157, +394)
Hospitalized in ICU: 2,525, +50, 222 new (yesterday 2,475, +64, 232 new)
Total positive cases since the start of the pandemic: 3,023,129 (yesterday 2,999,119)
Deaths after positive Covid test: 99,271 (yesterday 98,974, +339)
Total discharged / cured: 2,467,388 +13682 (yesterday 2,453,706, +13488)
Vaccinated: 1,562,291 (5,019,869 doses administered *)
* this is 76.7% of the 4,537,260 doses delivered by Pfizer and the 493,000 delivered by Moderna as of February 26. The vaccination campaign dedicated to those over 80 not in RSA involved more than 898 thousand “grandparents” who had at least one dose of the Pfizer / Moderna vaccine. The first doses of the 1,512,000 AstraZeneca vaccines destined for phase 3 are being distributed for the categories at risk from 18 to 55 years old: 103 thousand men from the armed forces already involved, 246 thousand among school personnel. The updated vaccine report on the government website. More than 298 thousand doses administered daily, half of the 300 thousand desired.
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