There are 38,507 new infections from Covid recorded in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 39,317.
The victims are 115 instead, with a decrease of 15 compared to yesterday.
There are 265,647 molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday there were 268,654.
The positivity rate is 14.5%, down slightly from 14.6% yesterday.
341 patients are hospitalized in intensive care, 7 more than yesterday in the balance between entries and exits.
The daily admissions are 44. The hospitalized in the ordinary wards are 7,907, or 251 less than yesterday.
The weekly incidence falls nationwide: 458 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (6-12 May) against 559 per 100,000 inhabitants in the previous week (29 April-5 May).
In the period April 20-May 3, the mean Rt calculated on symptomatic cases was equal to 0.96 (range 0.89-1.01), substantially stable compared to the previous week.
This is highlighted by the weekly ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring on the progress of the Covid-19 epidemic.
The transmissibility index Rt based on cases with hospitalization, also detects the weekly monitoring, is below the epidemic threshold and decreasing compared to the previous week: Rt is in fact equal to 0.84 (0.82-0.87 ) on 3/5/2022 against 0.91 (0.88-0.94) on 26/4/2022.
The percentage of cases detected through contact tracing activity is stable (13% versus 12% last week).
The percentage of cases detected through the onset of symptoms also remains substantially stable (43% versus 42%), as well as the percentage of cases diagnosed through screening activities (44% versus 46%).
The employment rate in intensive care fell to 3.4% (Ministry of Health daily survey as of May 12) compared to 3.7% in the previous week (Ministry of Health daily survey as of May 5).
The employment rate in medical areas at the national level drops to 12.6% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 12 May) against 14.5% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 5 May) in the previous survey.
It emerges from the weekly ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring on the progress of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Regions that exceed the 15% alert threshold for the occupation of ordinary wards by Covid patients drop to 10, compared to 12 last week.
The highest value is in Umbria.
They are: Abruzzo (20.6%);
Basilicata (23.2%);
Calabria (21.3%);
Campania (15.7%);
Molise (15.3%);
Puglia (17.2%);
Sardinia (15.7%);
Sicily (18.6%);
Umbria (31.6%);
Aosta Valley (16.6%).
It emerges from the table on decision-making indicators, according to what is learned, which accompanies the weekly monitoring on Covid-19.
On the other hand, no Region exceeds the alert threshold of 10% for the employment of intensive care.
As regards the incidence - according to what is indicated in the table on the decision-making indicators that accompanies the weekly monitoring of the Covid of the ISS and the Ministry of Health - the highest value is recorded in Abruzzo with 766.9 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants;
Molise with 621.8 and Umbria with 602.8.