Covid, data improving in the last week. Hope: to keep the level of attention high

Covid the rate of positivity rises

(Finance) – They are 38.219 the new infections from Covid recorded in the last 24 hours according to the data of Ministry of Health (yesterday there were 42,976).

The victims there are 175, up from 161 yesterday. The positivity rate is 17%, stable from 17.7% yesterday. They were performed in everything, including antigenic and molecular, 223,852 swabs. On the other hand, 351 patients are hospitalized in therapy intensive11 less than yesterday, while the daily admissions are 24. The hospitalized in departments ordinary they are 9,397, or 337 less than yesterday.

The Italians positive Coronavirus are currently 1,147,179, or 28,115 less than yesterday. A total of 21,251,774 have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic, while the dead have risen to 172,904. The discharged and healed are 19,931,691 with an increase of 66,155.

Based on data from monitoring weekly from Higher Institute of Health And Ministry of Health theincidence weekly at national level of Covid cases in Italy: 533 per 100,000 inhabitants (29/07/2022 -04/08/2022) compared to 727 per 100,000 inhabitants (22/07/2022 -28/07/2022). The ISS, on the other hand, reports that the share of reinfections from Covid-19 on the total number of reported cases goes from 12.6% to 13.1%, recording an increase in the phenomenon.

Down theAverage Rt calculated on symptomatic cases which was equal to 0.90 (range 0.82-1.06), a decrease compared to the previous week when it touched 1.03. Me too’transmissibility index based on cases with recovery hospital is decreasing and below the epidemic threshold: Rt 0.82 (0.80-0.84) at 07/26/2022 compared to Rt 0.95 at 07/19/2022. L’contagiousness index of Covid, the RT, was not that low since June 17, when it was recorded at 0.83. The intensive care employment rate was down to 3.6% on August 4 compared to 4.1% on July 28. The employment rate in medical areas at a national level it drops to 15.2% against 17.0% in the same reference periods.

“The data is improving – underlined the minister Roberto Hope – they mustn’t make us think it’s over. We must continue to keep the level of attention high, protect the most vulnerable and continue the vaccination campaign “.

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