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The last report of the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health Regarding the monitoring of the epidemiological evolution in the week of August 24 to 30, it shows a national transmission index (Rt), calculated on symptomatic cases, equal to 1.18. According to what emerges from the report, therefore, “The number of symptomatic cases contracted locally and diagnosed in our country has increased. However, the national transmission rate must be interpreted with caution at this particular point in the epidemic. In fact, Rt calculated on symptomatic cases, while still the most reliable indicator at the regional level and comparable in time to monitor transmissibility, could slightly underestimate the actual transmission of the virus at the national level. Therefore, the national TR must always be interpreted taking into account the incidence data”.
ISS-ministry report: similar levels at the beginning of May
The report also emphasizes that the incidence of new Covid cases in the last 14 days is “similar to levels seen in early May“There were 13 autonomous regions and provinces with an increase in cases in the period analyzed compared to the previous week, the increase is not only due to cases imported from abroad, the document emphasizes. The trend is increasing.”for several weeks”But at the moment there are no signs of overload of health services in any region.
Tracking highlights also a “transition currently getting progressively worse”, With the consequent increase registered for the fifth consecutive week. The report still says: “Also this week there is a generalized transmission of the virus throughout the national territory which causes outbreaks even of considerable size and often associated with recreational activities that involve social gatherings and violations of the rules of physical distancing both in the national territory and abroad .”.
Covid, the average age of new infections rises to 32 years
The average age of new cases increases, compared to 29 years of the previous week, at 32 years. There are 1,799 active outbreaks in Italy, of which 649 are new, with an increase for the fifth consecutive week. In the previous week, there were 1,374 active outbreaks, with 490 new ones. These data, it is explained, “It implies a growing commitment by local services to search for contacts who have so far managed to contain local transmission of the virus.”.
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