Coronavirus: 24,935 new cases with 353,737 swabs and 423 victims

2021-03-18T16:42:42.121Z

The updated situation in Italy and in the world. Data from the Ministry of Health on the pandemic in Italy. Today there are 24,935 new cases with 353,737 swabs and 423 victims. Yesterday there were 23,059 cases with 369,084 swabs (rate at 6.2%) and 431 victims. Today the positives in Italy are 547,510, there is an increase of 8,502 cases compared to yesterday. Between discharged and healed in there are altogether 2,655,346 people, with an increase of 15,976 units. The total number of victims to date is 103,855. The total number of cases in Italy since the beginning of the pandemic is 3,306,711. The Region where the most infections are recorded is Lombardy with 5,641 new infections in the last 24 hours. In Emilia-Romagna 2,531 cases and 65 deaths The numbers of the Coronavirus infection return to grow in Emilia-Romagna, after a few days of decline. And for the third consecutive day, the record of hospitalized in intensive care has been revised upwards, now firmly above the maximum number reached during the first wave. There are also 65 deaths. In total, 11,301 people have died since the beginning of the epidemic. In the last 24 hours, 2,531 cases have been identified in the region, based on 37,765 swabs reported. Of the new positives, 1,109 are asymptomatic, identified with screening and contact tracing activities. More than 70 thousand active cases, 94.4% of which in home isolation. But hospitalizations are growing, there are 385 in intensive care, four more than yesterday, 3,551 in the other Covid departments (+15). Piedmont: 2357 cases, 45 deaths Today the Crisis Unit of the Piedmont Region communicated 2357 new cases of people who tested positive for Covid-19 (of which 387 after antigen tests). Of the 2357 new cases, 807 (34.2%) were asymptomatic. The total of positive cases thus becomes 286,054. There are 315 hospitalized in intensive care (the same as yesterday). Non-intensive care patients are 3,279 (-2 compared to yesterday). There are 28,566 people in home isolation The diagnostic swabs processed so far are 3,418,805 (+26,369 compared to yesterday), of which 1,277,138 were negative. There are 45 deaths of positive people in the Covid-19 test reported by the Crisis Unit of the Piedmont Region, of which 5 occurred today. The total is now 9,811 deaths who tested positive for the virus. In Puglia 27 deaths and 2,082 positives Out of 11,211 tests for Covid-19 infection, 2,082 positive cases were recorded, with a positivity rate of 18.6% (yesterday 13.9%). There were 27 deaths. Currently there are 40,507 positive cases, 1,801 of which hospitalized, and 126,314 Apulians recovered (1,366 more than yesterday) out of the total of 171,215 citizens infected since the beginning of the pandemic. Veneto, 1,841 infections and 36 deaths The Veneto records 1,841 new Covid infections in the last 24 hours, and 36 deaths. The bulletin of the Region reports it. These numbers are slightly down compared to the trend of the last few days, which had registered increases of more than 2,000 cases. The pressure on hospitals also seems to be slowing down: in normal medical departments there are 1,610 (+10) beds occupied by Covid patients, while in intensive care there are 207 (+4). The number of subjects currently positive remains high, 36,938 (+496). Tuscany: 1,513 new positives and 25 deaths Coronavirus positivity cases are 1,513 more than yesterday, thus bringing the total number to 178,123 since the beginning of the epidemic. Of the new cases, 1,387 were confirmed by molecular swab and 126 by rapid antigen test. The healed reach 147,769 (83% of total cases). Today, 15,302 molecular swabs and 9,462 rapid antigenic swabs were performed, of which 6.1% were positive. On the other hand, 11,462 subjects were tested today (with antigenic and / or molecular swabs, excluding control swabs), of which 13.2% were positive. The currently positive are 25,338 today, + 1.7% compared to yesterday. There are 1,700 hospitalized (6 more than yesterday), of which 246 in intensive care (5 more). There are 25 new deaths: 14 men and 11 women, with an average age of 82 years. These are the data - ascertained at 12 noon today on the basis of requests from the National Civil Protection - relating to the progress of the epidemic in the region. In Friuli Venezia Giulia 724 new infections and 19 deaths Today in Friuli Venezia Giulia, out of 8,525 molecular swabs, 724 new infections have been detected with a positive percentage of 8.49%. In addition, 3,915 rapid antigenic tests have been carried out, from which 334 cases (8.53%) were detected. There are 19 registered deaths; there are 77 hospitalizations in intensive care while those in other departments are 545. This was communicated by the deputy governor with responsibility for Health, Riccardo Riccardi. The total deaths amounted to 3,076. The totally healed are 67,952, the clinically healed 2,707, while those in isolation today are 14,904. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a total of 89,261 people have been positive. In Abruzzo 462 new cases and 9 deaths There are a total of 61,387 positive cases of Covid-19 registered in Abruzzo since the beginning of the emergency. Compared to yesterday there are 462 new cases. The death toll of patients registers 9 new cases and rises to 1943. The number of positive cases also includes 48342 discharged / cured (+1026 compared to yesterday). The currently positives in Abruzzo (calculated by subtracting the number of discharged / recovered and deceased from the total of positives) are 11,102 (-576 compared to yesterday). Since the start of the Coronavirus emergency, a total of 833657 molecular swabs have been performed (+5964 compared to yesterday) and 327420 antigen tests (+4106 compared to yesterday). The positivity rate, calculated on the sum of molecular swabs and antigen tests of the day, is equal to 4.6 percent. 667 patients (unchanged from yesterday) are hospitalized in non-intensive care; 89 (unchanged compared to yesterday with 5 new hospitalizations) in intensive care, while the other 10346 (-576 compared to yesterday) are in home isolation with active surveillance by the ASL. In Calabria 404 new cases and 6 deaths In Calabria to date 593,571 subjects have been subjected to tests for a total of 630,293 swabs performed (more tests can be carried out on the same subject). The people who tested positive for Coronavirus are 42,329 (+404 compared to yesterday), the negative ones 551,242. These are the daily data relating to the Covid-19 epidemic communicated by the Health Protection Department, which also record +5 intensive therapies, +206 healed / discharged and 6 deaths. In Basilicata 184 cases and 4 deaths There are 184 new cases of contagion registered in Basilicata in the last 24 hours compared to 1349 molecular swabs processed. On the same day, 4 people died and 41 healings were recorded. With this update, the currently positive Lucanians are 4,096, of which 3,920 in home isolation. 13,046 people residing in Basilicata recovered from the beginning of the health emergency and 388 died. There are 176 people currently hospitalized in Lucanian hospitals. Since the beginning of the health emergency, 265,312 molecular swabs have been analyzed, of which 244,897 were negative, and 160,969 people were tested. 121 new cases and one death in Sardinia There are 121 new cases of Covid in Sardinia where there is a positive rate of 3% and one death. The infections since the beginning of the emergency have risen to 42,845 while the victims to 1,201. A total of 889,758 swabs were performed, for an overall increase of 3,631 tests compared to the previous figure. 170 patients are currently hospitalized in non-intensive wards (+7), while 28 (-1) are in intensive care. There are 12,615 people in home isolation. The healed are a total of 28,646 (+126), while the people declared clinically cured on the island are currently 185. Val d'Aosta, 37 new infections There are 37 new positive cases of Covid recorded in Valle d'Aosta in the last 24 hours. The current positive cases are 398, of these 22 hospitalized and 2 in intensive care. The number of deaths that have occurred in the Aosta Valley since the beginning of the pandemic has remained unchanged at 419.