There are 18,916 positive tests for coronavirus recorded in Italy in the last 24 hours
, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday the positives were 20,499.
On the other hand, the victims are 280, up from 253 yesterday.
323,047 tests (molecular and antigenic) carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy, down from 325,404 yesterday.
The positivity rate is 5.8%, down from 6.3% yesterday.
There are 2,216 patients hospitalized in intensive care in Italy, with an increase of 22 units compared to yesterday.
There were 163 daily admissions to resuscitation. On the other hand, 18,372 people are hospitalized in ordinary wards, 80 more than yesterday.
Currently positive are 411,966, an increase of 7,302.
ANALYSIS
- In the space of a week, cases of SarsCoV2 virus infection in Italy increased by 29% and admissions to intensive care units rose by 21%: these are "important increases" and could be the indicator of a third wave: this is what emerges from the analysis of the data of the last seven days conducted by physicist
Giorgio Sestili
, founder of the Facebook page 'Coronavirus-Scientific data and analysis' and of the science communication network 'giorgiosestili.it'.
The 29% increase in cases over the previous seven days is "an important increase as cases had stabilized in the previous five weeks."
From more up-to-date calculations of the Rt contagion index than those of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, which indicate 0.99 and which are based on data from two weeks ago, a value of 1.2 is also found at national level.
"These are worrying increases. There are - observes Sestili - all the elements to think that the recovery of the infections has begun and that it can go on for weeks. The question is: to what extent will they increase? Of course - he concludes - whatever measures are taken today it cannot take effect before 15 and 20 days ".