Tuscany in orange again next week. But other provinces run the risk of red

Florence, March 9, 2021 – The Tuscany in orange looks forward to weekly follow-up hoping for one confirmation but is stained red. After the province of Pistoia and the municipalities of Cecina, Castellina Marittima and Bientina from tomorrow they also take a Viareggio maximum restrictions and school closings. In the queue the provinces of Siena, Prato and Empolese Valdelsa that due to the growth of infections are about to exceed the threshold of 250 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The Tuscany Daily Bulletin reports 1,001 new positive cases in 23,724 tests, with a positive rate of 4.22% (8.7% on early diagnoses). Data in line with what was registered yesterday, 1,000 infections with a positive rate of 7.69%, confirming a stable trend but high. The epidemiological curve, in fact, has exceeded a thousand since last February 25 with the sole exception of March 1 (887 cases), when, however, half of the 20,000 daily swabs were made.

in the meantime the hospital pressure grows that in recent days has exceeded the 30% of the occupied beds on duty, one of the 21 indicators examined by the control room to decide the color for the next week. L ‘Regional Rt last Friday it was 1.18 and this time it should remain below the 1.25 threshold, allowing the orange zone to extend. On Friday in Rome the data from week 1-7 will be evaluated March that marks an increase in infections of 10.8% compared to 7 days before, but they are lower than the previous jump of 36% touched between February 22 and 28, examined last Friday.

But if the positive cases are decreasing slightly, the same cannot be said for hospitalizations: in the medium term they have increased, with the hospitals of Prato and Pistoia having started to send patients to Florentine hospitals. An alarm bell raised by the mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, who yesterday announced the introduction of new restrictions in the territory to limit meetings, especially on weekends, and slow the growth of cases in the city to avoid school closings So far, 40 municipalities have suspended face-to-face teaching and a similar number suffer the same fate.