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Covid, Brusaferro: "The epidemic is decreasing in many regions, in others it is increasing"

2021-04-24T06:22:20.063Z


The daily bulletin: 14,761 positives, 342 victims. Positive rate rises to 4.7%. The ISS: hospitalizations in wards and intensive care decrease (ANSA)


 "The epidemic is decreasing in many regions, except in some. The calculated incidence is equal to 159 against 182 last week, while the one calculated on last Sunday sees a decrease from 157 to 160. So in any case it is above 50 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants ".

This was stated by the president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Silvio Brusaferro during a press conference on the analysis of the data of the weekly monitoring of the control room organized by the Ministry of Health. 

There are 14,761 coronavirus test positives in Italy in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.

Yesterday there were 16,232.

On the other hand, 342 victims were killed in one day (yesterday 360).

There are 315,700 molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy, according to data from the Ministry of Health.

Yesterday the tests were 364,804.

The positivity rate is 4.7%, up from 4.4% yesterday.

The press conference of the Higher Institute of Health VIDEO

 After more than a month, hospitalizations in intensive care for covid in Italy return to drop below 3,000 for the first time: 2,979 patients in resuscitation, down 42 units compared to yesterday in the daily balance between entries and exits, while daily admissions, according to data from the Ministry of Health, were 153 (yesterday 174).

On the other hand, 21,440 people (22,094) are hospitalized in the ordinary wards, a decrease of 654 compared to yesterday.

"Medical admissions are decreasing where employment is 36%, below the critical 40% threshold. Intensive care admissions are also decreasing, even if they are still overloaded", confirmed Brusaferro at a press conference.

"We must empower people and

reopening should not be seen as a free all"

, underlined the director of Prevention of the ministry Gianni Rezza, during the usual press conference of the Ministry of Health-Iss on the progress of the epidemic. "The slight decrease in RT is a treasure - said Silvio Brusaferro for his part - but we need caution and gradualness with respect to the relaxation of measures and reopening. Another important element is to have monitoring tools to intervene where there were phenomena of regrowth of cases ".

The

national Rt index

of Coronavirus

contagion

in Italy drops again and reaches 0.81 compared to 0.85 last week. This is what emerges, according to what is learned, from the latest weekly monitoring by the Ministry of Health-Iss on the progress of the epidemic for the period 12-18 April.

This week there is still a very slight decrease in the incidence of Covid-19 cases

, equal to 157.4 per 100,000 inhabitants (for the week 12/04 / 2021-18 / 04/2021) against 160.5 per 100,000 inhabitants of the week previous (05/04 / 2021-11 / 04/2021). The exact figure on Thursday - which is the one taken as a reference for the decisions - would be 159. Overall, the incidence remains high and far from levels (50 per 100,000) that would allow the complete restoration of the tracing of cases. emerges, according to what is learned, from the latest monitoring of the Ministry of Health-Iss for the period 12-18 April.




Source: ansa

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