Cases of Covid-19 have decreased by 38.2% and deaths by 25.7% in the last week in Italy.
This was highlighted by the bulletin of the Ministry of Health relating to the week 6-12 January 2023.
There are 84,076 new positive cases with a variation of -38.2%
compared to the previous week (135,990).
On the other hand, 576 died with a variation of -25.7%
compared to the previous week (775).
There were 767,718 swabs performed with a variation of -10.3% compared to the previous week (855,823).
The Positivity rate is 11.0% with a change of -4.9% compared to seven days ago (15.9%).
The weekly incidence is decreasing nationwide
: 143 per 100,000 inhabitants (06/01/2023 -12/01/2023) compared to 231 per 100,000 inhabitants in the previous week.
In the period 21 December 2022-03 January 2023, the average Rt calculated on symptomatic cases was 0.91
(range 0.77-1.11), an increase compared to the previous week but still below the epidemic threshold.
The RT was 0.83 last week.
This is indicated by the weekly monitoring of the ISS-Ministry of Health on the progress of Covid in Italy.
The employment rate in the intensive care unit is down slightly to 3.1%
(daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 12 January) compared to 3.2% in the previous week.
The employment rate in medical areas nationwide fell to 10.1%
(daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 12 January) compared to 12.1% seven days earlier.
No Region and autonomous province is classified as high risk due to the evolution of Covid cases
.
Seven are instead classified as moderate risk
and according to what ANSA has learned they are
Basilicata, Emilia Romagna, the Province of Trento, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily, Umbria
.
Fourteen of those finally classified as low risk.