Cases of COVID-19 among people over 60 years of age are increasing compared to the previous week (14.7% vs 13.2% between 2 and 15 August 2021).
There is also an increase in the median age in the last fourteen days which reaches 33 years.
This is indicated by the extended report of the Istituto Superiore di Sanita ', which completes the weekly monitoring.
Since the end of June 2021 there has been an increase in the weekly incidence in the population aged between 0 and 40 years.
Although the figure is not yet consolidated, in the last week, there has been a slight decrease in the incidence in the bands 10-19 and 20-29 which, however, is still higher than 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while the cases in the bands are increasing. over the age of 40. The analysis of the variation in the incidence at 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants, by age group, for the period 9 - 22 August 2021 compared to 26 July - 8 August 2021 shows a decrease in growth in the 10-19 and 20- age groups. 29. On the other hand, an increase in incidence is observed in the last two weeks in the remaining age groups.