The Covid hospitalization curve slows down again
.
The total number of patients in hospitals, both in ordinary wards and in intensive care units, fell by
13.7%
in one week .
This is what emerges from
the report of 16 August of the sentinel hospitals belonging to the Fiaso network
(Italian Federation of health and hospital companies).
Therefore, the reduction in hospitalized patients continues for the second consecutive week: in the survey of 9 August a net decrease of 20% was recorded.
The percentage of patients hospitalized for Covid is 42% while that of patients with Covid represents the majority of 58%.
In particular,
the number of patients in ordinary Covid wards decreased more, -13.8%, compared to intensive care
which reduced the number of beds occupied by 10.8%.
It is, however, with regard to Covid resuscitations of small numbers.
It should be emphasized that those hospitalized in intensive care, notes Fiaso, all have a
high average age and for more than 90%
of cases are affected by other pathologies.
Furthermore, the age difference between vaccinated (average age 71 years) and unvaccinated (67 years) remains between patients in intensive care and, among them, hospitalized for Covid, who have developed a respiratory pathology typical of Covid disease, they are 40% no vax.
Covid
hospitalizations in pediatric hospitals and pediatric wards of hospitals belonging to the sentinel network of Fiaso are down by 29%
.
Last week the drop was 27%.
The 0-4 year old class is always the most affected (66.6% of hospitalized);
infants under six months are 37% of the total.
