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April 23, 2021 There are 14,761 coronavirus test positives in Italy in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. Yesterday there were 13,844. On the other hand, 342 victims were killed in one day (yesterday 360). The total number of cases since the beginning of the epidemic are 3,935,703, the deaths 118,699. The currently positive are 465,543 (-6,653 compared to yesterday), the healed and discharged 3,351,461 (+21,069). There are 315,700 molecular and antigenic swabs for the coronavirus carried out in the last 24 hours, Yesterday there were 364,804 tests. The positivity rate is 4.7%, up from 4.4% yesterday.
Valle d'Aosta 45 new cases and one death
There are 45 new Covid cases in the Aosta Valley in the last 24 hours out of 553 swabs for a total of 10,598. The current positives of 22 patients are down for a total of 841. This is what emerges from the regional bulletin. On the other hand, one victim was registered in the same time frame for a total of 446. Finally, 66 were healed, which brings to 9,311 people who have defeated the virus in the region since the beginning of the pandemic.
Trentino, 96 new cases and no deaths
No deaths from Covid in Trentino. There are 49 positives to the 1,346 molecular swabs processed in the last 24 hours - said the councilor for health, Stefania Segnana - while the positives are 47 to 1,094 antigenic rapid swabs.
Abruzzo, 158 new cases and 5 deaths
Compared to yesterday there are 158 new cases. The death toll of patients records 5 new cases.
Friuli, 124 new cases and 10 deaths
Today in Friuli Venezia Giulia out of a total of 5,797 tests, 124 positivity to lCovid 19 were found, equal to 2.13%. The recorded deaths are 10. The admissions to intensive care units drop to 40 (-3) while those in other departments remain 319. The deputy governor of the Fvg communicates this in a note.
Basilicata, 192 new cases and 2 deaths
The Basilicata regional task force reports that 1,627 molecular swabs were processed yesterday, of which 192 (and of these 187 related to residents in the region) were positive. On the same day, 2 people died (one resident in Grottole and the other in Potenza. With this update, 5,863 Lucanians are currently positive, of which 5,691 in home isolation. 16,055 people resident in Basilicata recovered from the beginning of the emergency health and 494 deaths.
Sardinia, 267 new cases and 6 deaths
Covid-19 cases ascertained in Sardinia drop below 300. In the latest update of the Regional Crisis Unit, 267 new positives were detected. A total of 1,160,959 swabs were performed, for an overall increase of 3,635 tests compared to the previous figure. The positivity rate is 7.3% There are six new deaths (1,343 in all)
Marche, 326 new cases
4187 swabs were tested in the last 24 hours in the Marche region. The positives in the new diagnosis path are 326 This was announced by the Health Service of the Region.
Tuscany, 1,003 new cases and 17 deaths
In Tuscany there are 220,973 cases of Coronavirus positivity, 1,003 more than yesterday. New cases are 0.5% more than the previous day's total. The average age of 1,003 new positives today is approximately 43 years (19% are under the age of 20, 24% between 20 and 39, 33% between 40 and 59, 18% between 60 and 79 years , 6% are 80 or older). Today there are 17 new deaths: 8 men and 9 women with an average age of 79.5 years.
Veneto, 1,035 new cases
There are 1,035 new cases of contagion registered in Veneto in the last 24 hours. This is what the president of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, informs at the press point from the civil protection office in Marghera. "Considering the 38,282 swabs carried out - he said - this is a positive incidence equal to 2.70%". "The Venetians currently positive in isolation are 23,307", he added.
Emilia Romagna, 1,041 new cases and 13 deaths
There are 1,104 new cases of coronavirus positivity found in the last 24 hours in Emilia-Romagna on the basis of 28,254 swabs reported, including molecular and antigenic. The decline in hospitalizations continues and there are 13 new deaths. Of the new positives, 454 are asymptomatic, identified on the basis of screening and contact tracing activities. Active cases continue to decline, numbering 54,549, 95.9% of which in home isolation. There are six fewer patients admitted to intensive care than yesterday (276), while those in the other Covid departments drop below two thousand and are 1,948 (-81). The thirteen new victims, which bring the total from the beginning of the pandemic to 12,731, are seven in the province of Bologna, four in the Modena area, one in Piacenza and one in Parma. The province with the highest number of new infections is Bologna with 232,followed by Modena (187) and Reggio Emilia (167).
Lazio 1,221 new cases and 23 deaths
In Lazio there are 1,221 new cases positive for Covid in the last 24 hours (yesterday they were 1,311). This is what we learn from the Lazio Health Bulletin. There are 23 deaths, minus 8 compared to yesterday's figure, while admissions to intensive care are 332, minus 6 compared to yesterday. Ordinary hospitalizations are also decreasing, -74 in the last 24 hours, while the healed are 2,259.
Puglia, 1,692 new positives and 64 deaths
The positivity rate in Puglia falls compared to yesterday, passing from 15.1% to 12.67% because of the 13,345 tests processed to ascertain the coronavirus infection, 1,692 gave a positive result. Most of the new covid patients are registered in the province of Bari where, according to today's epidemiological bulletin, there are 658 new cases. The Taranto area follows with 277 new infected, Foggia with 266, Lecce with 176, Brindisi with 155 and Bat with 154. Another case concerns a resident outside the region and the province of residence of another 5 is not known. The currently positive are 49,197 of which 2031 in hospital. Covid victims were 64, one of the highest figures recorded in the third pandemic wave.
Campania 1970 new cases and 49 deaths
In Campania in the last 24 hours there are 1970 (687 symptomatic) positive cases out of 19653 molecular swabs examined. According to the data of the Crisis Unit of the Campania Region, the positivity index increases, albeit slightly: if in fact yesterday it was equal to 9.52%, today it rises to 10.02%. arrives at 49 (yesterday 26) - 27 died in the last 48 hours and 22 previously but recorded yesterday - while 1913 are recovered. Intensive care admissions are on the rise, today 146 beds are occupied while yesterday they were 143. Decline, instead, the beds occupied in hospital: today 1513 and yesterday 1541.
Piedmont, 1,099 cases and 19 deaths
There are 1,099 new cases of people who tested positive for Covid-19 (of which 70 after antigenic tests), equal to 4.3% of 25,540 swabs performed, of which 15,520 antigenic. Of the 1,099 new cases, 443 (40.3%) were asymptomatic. There are 138 screening cases, 683 case contacts, 278 with ongoing investigation, 14 in RSA and Social Welfare Structures, 115 in schools and 970 among the general population. The total of positive cases therefore becomes 343,080. There are 19 deaths of positive people in the Covid-19 test reported by the Crisis Unit of the Piedmont Region, of which 1 occurred today.
Calabria, 610 new cases and 8 deaths
In Calabria to date, 695,108 subjects have been subjected to tests for a total of 745,978 swabs performed (more tests can be performed on the same subject). The people who tested positive for Coronavirus are 57,078 (+610 compared to yesterday), the negative ones 638,030. These are the daily data relating to the Covid-19 epidemic communicated by the Health Protection Department, which record -1 intensive care, +264 recovered / discharged and 8 deaths.
Liguria, 370 new cases and 10 deaths
Liguria records 370 new covid infections, with a total of positive cases on the rise (+57 to 6,276), but still in good reduction the number of hospitalized: they are now 613, twenty fewer than yesterday, even with 70 patients in intensive care ( one more than yesterday). There are ten other victims, between the ages of 60 and 95, who have disappeared from April 20 to today. This is what emerges from the Liguria Region daily bulletin.
Lombardy, 2,304 new cases and 57 deaths
In the last 24 hours in Lombardy there have been 2,304 cases of Covid-19, of which 97 'weakly positive', and 57 deaths. In total, there have been 32,569 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic. The swabs carried out were 46,840 (of which 30,166 molecular and 16,674 antigenic), with a positive index of 4.9%. There are 3,545 healed / discharged (overall total: 702,119, of which 4,221 discharged and 697,898 recovered). Covid ICU patients drop to 644 (-9), while hospitalized patients to 4,185 (-167). Yesterday, compared to 52,170 swabs carried out, 2,509 infections and 54 deaths were recorded, with a positivity index of 4.8%.