The occupation of intensive care beds continues to grow throughout the country
: according to the latest monitoring
of the Agenas (National Agency for Regional Health Services) updated on March 15
, it now stands at 35%, marking an increase in 4% compared to 9 March, when the critical threshold of 30% was exceeded, reaching 31%.
The occupancy of the beds in the non-critical area wards of pulmonology, infectious diseases and general medicine is close to the critical threshold of 40%: at the national level it is 39%, recording a growth of 4% compared to 9 March.
According to data published by Agenas, there are 13 regions (2 more than March 9) that exceed the 30% threshold: Abruzzo (40%), Emilia Romagna (49%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (40%), Lazio (31%), Lombardy (51%), Marche (57%), Molise (51%), Autonomous Province of Bolzano (33%), Autonomous Province of Trento (53%), Piedmont (44%), Puglia ( 33%), Tuscany (40%) and Umbria (53%). Regions above the 40% threshold in the infectious disease, pulmonology and general medicine wards increased by 2 to 9. They are Abruzzo (46%), Emilia Romagna (53%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (42%), Lombardy (49%), Molise (46%), Piedmont (53%), Puglia (42%) and Tuscany (48%). ). The best situations are instead in Sardinia, thanks to its white zone (13% in intensive care and 11% in non-critical area wards), Sicily (13% and 19%) and Val d'Aosta (15% and 7%) ).