Published the data of the weekly monitoring Iss-Ministry of Health. The indicators relating to the occupation of beds in intensive care and in the medical area, incidence and cases deriving from tracking chains are bad.
Incidence increasing, 1988 cases per 10,000 inhabitants -
The weekly incidence of Covid cases at national level continues to increase: 1988 per 100,000 inhabitants (07/01/2022 -13/01/2021) against 1669 per 100,000 inhabitants (31 / 12/2021 -06/01/2021, Ministry of Health data flow). In the period 22 December 2021 - 4 January 2022, the average Rt calculated on symptomatic cases was instead equal to 1.56 (range 1.24 - 1.8), a further increase compared to the previous week - when it was equal to 1.43 - and well above the epidemic threshold. This is evidenced by the weekly monitoring Iss-Ministry of Health.
Contagions not associated with transmission chains
double - The number of new Covid cases not associated with transmission chains doubles (649,489 compared to 309,903 the previous week). The percentage of cases detected through contact tracing activity is in sharp decline (13% versus 16% last week). The percentage of cases detected through the appearance of symptoms is also decreasing (48% versus 50%) and the percentage of cases diagnosed through screening activities is increasing (39% versus 34%).
Employment in intensive care is growing, it is at 17.5% -
The employment rate in intensive care continues to grow according to what emerges in this week's ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring on the trend of Covid cases in Italy: it rises to 17.5% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health as of 13 January) compared to the figure of 15.4% referring to 6 January.
The employment rate in medical areas at the national level also rises to 27.1% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 13 January against 21.6% on 6 January).
