A 61.4% increase in new Covid cases (8,989 compared to 5,571) in the week 7-13 July compared to the previous one, while hospitalizations and deaths decrease.
This is what the independent monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation reveals.
Hospitalizations decreased by 11.3% (they were 1271, they are now 1128), which corresponds to 143 fewer people, deaths by 35.8% (104 compared to 162 the previous week) with an average of 15 per day compared to to 24 of the previous week.
"On the front of the new cases - notes Nino Cartabellotta, President of the Gimbe Foundation - there is a net weekly increase, moreover underestimated by a continuously decreasing testing activity, which makes it impossible to trace the contacts adequately". Since the beginning of May, the number of people tested weekly has in fact progressively reduced by 56.3%, from 662,549 to 289,869. In the week 7-13 July in all Regions, with the exception of Basilicata and Valle D'Aosta, there was a percentage increase in new cases compared to the previous week due to the progressive spread of the Delta variant.
On the intensive care front, there are thirty fewer admissions (-16%). "The trend of hospitalized patients - underlines Renata Gili, Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - continues its descent both in the medical area and in intensive care, where the occupation of beds by Covid patients stands at 2% ". However, after three months of descent, the monitoring finds that daily admissions are slightly increasing, from five to seven.
The progressive spread of the delta variant will determine an increase in the number of infections. But even with high viral circulation, the impact of infections on health services will be less than in previous waves. The weekly monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation reveals this. Taking into account the "progressive increase in cases and the spread of this variant which is destined to become prevalent", the monitoring notes that "in our country the Achilles heel continues to be represented by over 4.77 million over 60s at risk of serious illness not covered by the double dose of vaccine ". Of these, 2.22 million (12.4%) have not yet received even a dose of vaccine with significant regional differences (from 21.8% in Sicily to 7.2% in Puglia), while 2.55 million (14 ,2%) must complete the cycle after the first dose (1,856,129 with AstraZeneca, 596,190 with Pfizer-BioNTech, 96,503 with Moderna). "The leap forward compared to the 5.75 million over 60s not adequately protected last week - notes Renata Gili, Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - - is almost exclusively linked to the completion of vaccination cycles: the number of over 60 who receive the first dose, a sign of persistent vaccination hesitation in this age group ". Moreover, according to the report "the trend of administration of the first doses by age group confirms the flattening of the curves of the over 80s and the 70-79 and 60-69 groups and a decline for all the other age groups with significant differences coverage ".129 with AstraZeneca, 596.190 with Pfizer-BioNTech, 96.503 with Moderna). "The leap forward compared to the 5.75 million over 60s not adequately protected last week - notes Renata Gili, Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - - is almost exclusively linked to the completion of vaccination cycles: the number of over 60 who receive the first dose, a sign of persistent vaccination hesitation in this age group ". Moreover, according to the report "the trend of administration of the first doses by age group confirms the flattening of the curves of the over 80s and the 70-79 and 60-69 groups and a decline for all the other age groups with significant differences coverage ".129 with AstraZeneca, 596.190 with Pfizer-BioNTech, 96.503 with Moderna). "The leap forward compared to the 5.75 million over 60s not adequately protected last week - notes Renata Gili, Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - - is almost exclusively linked to the completion of vaccination cycles: the number of over 60 who receive the first dose, a sign of persistent vaccination hesitation in this age group ". Moreover, according to the report "the trend of administration of the first doses by age group confirms the flattening of the curves of the over 80s and the 70-79 and 60-69 groups and a decline for all the other age groups with significant differences coverage ".75 million over 60s who were not adequately protected last week - notes Renata Gili, Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - - is almost exclusively linked to the completion of vaccination cycles: the number of over 60s who receive the first dose does not increase, a sign of a persistent vaccination hesitation in this age group ". Moreover, according to the report" the trend of administration of the first doses by age group confirms the flattening of the curves of the over 80s and the 70-79 and 60-69 age groups and a decline for all other age groups with significant coverage differences ".75 million over 60s who were not adequately protected last week - notes Renata Gili, Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - - is almost exclusively linked to the completion of vaccination cycles: the number of over 60s who receive the first dose does not increase, a sign of a persistent vaccination hesitation in this age group ". Moreover, according to the report" the trend of administration of the first doses by age group confirms the flattening of the curves of the over 80s and the 70-79 and 60-69 age groups and a decline for all other age groups with significant coverage differences ".Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - - is almost exclusively linked to the completion of vaccination cycles: the number of over 60s receiving the first dose is not increasing, a sign of persistent vaccination hesitation in this age group ". report "the trend of administration of the first doses by age group confirms the flattening of the curves of the over 80s and of the 70-79 and 60-69 groups and a decline for all the other age groups with significant differences in coverage".Head of Research on Health Services of the Gimbe Foundation - - is almost exclusively linked to the completion of vaccination cycles: the number of over 60s receiving the first dose is not increasing, a sign of persistent vaccination hesitation in this age group ". report "the trend of administration of the first doses by age group confirms the flattening of the curves of the over 80s and of the 70-79 and 60-69 groups and a decline for all the other age groups with significant differences in coverage".flattening of the curves of the over 80s and of the 70-79 and 60-69 groups and a decline for all the other age groups with significant coverage differences ".flattening of the curves of the over 80s and of the 70-79 and 60-69 groups and a decline for all the other age groups with significant coverage differences ".