The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Covid: the Rt index continues to drop, hospitalizations and intensive care units also fall

2021-09-17T10:45:47.851Z


The average Rt continues to drop, which is equal to 0.85, below the epidemic threshold and decreasing compared to the previous week. The rate of employment in intensive care also decreased according to the draft of the weekly monitoring under examination by the control room. Regions at moderate risk go from 3 to 4 (ANSA)


In the period 25 August - 7 September 2021, the average Rt calculated on symptomatic cases continues to fall, which was equal to 0.85

(range 0.83 - 0.95), below the epidemic threshold and decreasing compared to to the previous week when the value was 0.92.

The incidence of cases per 100 thousand inhabitants also decreases

(and this is one of the key decision-making indicators) which passes, in the national value,

from 64 last week to 54

in the latter (period 10-16 September). It emerges from the draft of the weekly monitoring on the Covid-19 epidemic at the examination of the control room that will be illustrated today.

The employment rate in intensive care of Covid patients decreased slightly to 6.1%

(daily survey by the Ministry of Health), with the number of people hospitalized decreasing from 563 (7/09/2021) to 554 (14 / 09/2021). The same value in the data sheet on decision-making indicators that accompanies the weekly monitoring, now being examined by the control room, updated to 14 September, sees an even lower value: 5.8.

The employment rate in medical areas nationwide drops slightly to 7.2%

. The number of people hospitalized in these areas is decreasing from 4,307 (7/09/2021) to 4,165 (14/09/2021).

Four Regions / Autonomous Provinces are classified at moderate risk

(they are Abruzzo, Molise, Autonomous Province of Bolzano and Autonomous Province of Trento),

compared to 3 last week

. The remaining 17 Regions / Autonomous Provinces are classified as low risk. Only the Autonomous Province of Bolzano reports a resilience alert. None reports multiple resilience alerts.

They

Sicily, Autonomous Province of Bolzano and Calabria regions and autonomous provinces this week that record the highest value of the incidence

of cases of Covid-19 per 100 thousand inhabitants. In Sicily the incidence value - one of the key decision-making indicators - is equal this week (reference period 10-16 September 2021) at 109.1 per 100 thousand inhabitants; in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano it is equal to 90.5 and in Calabria to 84.8. 


Source: ansa

All life articles on 2021-09-17

You may like

Trends 24h

Life/Entertain 2024-03-28T17:17:20.523Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.