Covid: Gimbe, in 7 days deaths grow by 46%, it is 4 / a wave

(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 29 - From cases to deaths, passing through hospitalizations, the epidemic is growing and "in fact we have entered the 4th wave". After 15 weeks of decline, victims are rising again: 111 in the last week, 46% more than the 76 of the previous week. This was revealed by the independent monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation for the week 21-27 July 2021, which sees a weekly increase of 64.8% of new cases (31,963 compared to 19,390), an increase of 42.9% of people in isolation (68,510 compared to 47,951) , a 34.9% increase in hospitalizations with symptoms (1,611 versus 1,194) and a 14.5% increase in intensive care.

    In all Regions except Molise there is an increase in the percentage of new cases and in 40 Provinces the incidence exceeds 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Three Provinces have over 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants: Caltanissetta (272), Cagliari (257) and Ragusa (193). Furthermore, the virus "circulates more than documented by the new cases identified", declares Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation, "due to insufficient testing activity and the failure to resume contact tracing, made increasingly difficult by the increase in positives". In fact, in the face of a surge in the positive / people tested ratio (from 1.8% in the week of 30 June-6 July to 9.1% in the 21-27 July), the average of new cases has decreased in the last week. .Finally, a slight increase in hospitalizations is confirmed, documenting the hospital impact of the delta variant: the number of beds occupied by Covid patients in the medical area went from 1,088 on 16 July to 1,611 on 27 July and that of intensive care from 151 on 14 July to 189 of 27 July, even if the percentages remain low, with all the Regionics recording much less than 15% for the medical area and 10% for the critical area. (HANDLE).with all the Regionics they record values ​​of less than 15% for the medical area and 10% for the critical area. (HANDLE).with all the Regionics they record values ​​of less than 15% for the medical area and 10% for the critical area. (HANDLE).