Coronavirus: 4,458 new cases in 24 hours, 22 deaths, over 128 thousand swabs carried out

2020-10-08T15:21:49.267Z

See the updated data Coronavirus infections in Italy are still on the rise: today +4.458 (yesterday they were +3.678) and the swabs are 128.098. The number of deceased is decreasing (22 in the last 24 hours). Patients with symptoms in Italy are a total of 3,925, compared to yesterday +53. In intensive care they are 358 (+21). 61,669 in home isolation, equal to 3,212 more than yesterday. The total of currently positive is 65,952, compared to yesterday up by 3,376. There are 236,363 people discharged and recovered, an increase of 1,060 units. There are 22 deceased in the last 24 hours for a national total of 36,083. The total cases are 338,398 (+4,458). The swabs in the last 24 hours were 128,098 for a total of 12,197,500. The Basilicata Region reports that 2 positive cases today and reported in the total calculation of new cases refer to residents in isolation in Puglia who used accredited laboratories of the Basilicata Region for the execution and diagnosis of Sars Cov-2. The Sicily Region reports that of the 259 new positives, one migrant is detected. The Umbria Region reports that the cases tested yesterday were 130,552 and not as incorrectly typed 135,552; today the correct figure is the one reported, namely 131,965. In Campania 757 positives out of 7044 swabs Another surge in infections from Covid-19 in Campania. In the last 24 hours there are 757 positives, bringing the total of infections from the beginning of the pandemic to 16,464. Yesterday there was also one death and 149 recovered. The data was communicated by the Regional Crisis Unit. The deaths are, therefore, 470 while the healed in total 7,044. The swabs performed 654,892, of which 9,925 carried out yesterday. On a regional basis, there are 108 intensive care places available and 55 occupied places. There are 665 inpatient beds available and 550 occupied places. As planned, these available beds are added, if necessary, to those of the "Phase C "which provides for the activation of 600 hospital beds, 200 in sub-intensive and 200 in intensive care. In Veneto 491 cases and 6 deaths in one day There are 491 new positives in the Veneto Region in the last 24 hours alone, and there are 6 new deaths. To say it is the press office of the Region, according to the data provided by the Veneto Prevention Department to the Ministry of Health. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the positives recorded are 29,909, with 2,206 victims. The currently positives are 5,083. There are 10,934 people in home isolation, of which - underlines the press office - 90% are asymptomatic. The regional councilor D'Amato: in Lazio 359 new cases, 144 in Rome and 6 deaths. In Puglia 248 new cases and 1 victim Today in Puglia 248 new cases of Covid-19 have been detected out of 4,754 swabs. In the last 24 hours there has also been a death in the province of Taranto bringing the total number of victims to 604. As for the outbreak inside the 'Universo Salute Opera Don Uva' hospital in Foggia, where they were discovered yesterday 44 positive, the director of the ASL of Foggia, Vito Piazzolla, announced that in the structure, to date, 35 guests and 37 operators are positive. The new positives are divided as follows by province: 175 in Bari, 15 in BAT, 3 in Brindisi, 27 in Foggia, 10 in Lecce, 17 in Taranto and 1 resident outside the region. In total, since the beginning of the emergency, 8,267 cases have been confirmed and 440,278 swabs have been made. The healed, however, are 4,929, 46 more than yesterday. The currently positive are 3,334, of which 301 hospitalized. "The cases of positivity recorded today in the province of Bari are mostly related to close contacts of positives already traced previously - explained the general director of the ASL of Bari, Antonio Sanguedolce - The prevention department then identified a series of cluster: these are schools between Bari and the province, a health residence for the elderly, a private nursing home and a group of foreigners present in the area ". Lazio: enhanced drive-ins, reached 38 "The first new drive-ins in Priverno and Aprilia (Asl Latina), Pomezia (Asl Roma 6) have already entered service and the pediatric drive-in will also come into operation this afternoon del Sant'Andrea with reservation at 06.33778787. From Saturday afternoon the drive-in will come into operation at the Guidonia airport (Asl Roma 5). The goal is to double the drive-in network, both in pedestrian mode that by car, especially in the city of Rome where at least 6 more are expected in the next few days starting from the ASL Roma 1 and Roma 2 which are under greater pressure. All information on the drive-in network available on SaluteLazio.it , as well as all the information on the 65 private laboratories authorized for rapid antigenic swabs at an agreed rate ". This was announced by the Covid-19 Crisis Unit of the Lazio Region. Health Lazio to family doctors: suspected cases rapid tests The number of new positives and hospitalized is growing day by day and the lines at the drive-in are getting longer and longer. For this reason, the Covid-19 Crisis Unit of the Lazio Region has given new provisions to family doctors and pediatricians regarding the procedures for prescribing tampons. "With a circular from the Regional Health Directorate - explains the Crisis Unit - all the general managers of the Local Health Authorities, general practitioners and pediatricians of free choice have been forwarded to the operational clarifications for the appropriate prescription procedures. The rapid antigen test swab represents the first level diagnostic tool in a massive screening phase such as the current one, while the molecular test must be dedicated to confirm any positivity to the rapid antigenic swab.