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April 26, 2021

The updated situation in Italy and in the world



Today's data on the pandemic in Italy.

Today there are 8,444 new cases with 145,819 swabs and 301 deaths.

Yesterday there were 13,158 cases with 239,482 swabs (rate at 5.49%) and 217 victims.



In Campania 1,282 positives and 58 deaths


In Campania, there are 1,282 positive cases for Covid in the last 24 hours out of 11,364 molecular swabs examined. And as always happens after the weekend, when the number of tampons drops, the positivity index rises. Yesterday the contagion curve was 10.6%, today it is 11.28%; 58 are the deceased persons; 38 died in the last 48 hours, 20 died previously but registered yesterday - while 1836 have recovered. With regard to the situation of hospitals, the situation remains stable in intensive care with 141 beds occupied, yesterday there were 137. On the other hand, hospitalizations in hospital are increasing: today 1527 and yesterday 1511.



In

Sicily there

are 1,069 cases recorded in the last 24 hours.



Lazio, 964 cases and 44 deaths


Today in Lazio there are 964 new positive cases of Covid-19, down by 221 units compared to yesterday. However, the number of swabs and antigen tests is just over 16 thousand, while yesterday they were over 30 thousand. The deaths recorded in the last 24 hours are 44, an increase of 25 compared to yesterday. The healed are +1.134. The number of admissions to intensive care units is increasing. The ratio between positives and buffers is 8%, but if the antigenic substances are also considered, the percentage drops to 5%. There are 500 cases in Rome city. From the regional councilor for health, Alessio D'Amato, a new invitation "to keep attention and all preventive measures high" to avoid a surge in infections.



Puglia, 477 infections and 37 deaths


There are 477 new cases of Sars Cov-2 registered in Puglia out of a total of 5,792 tests recorded in the last 24 hours. The data are contained in today's epidemiological bulletin. 37 deaths were recorded. The hospitalized are 1,955 (-18). There are 48,728 cases currently positive and of these 46,773 are in home isolation. Since the beginning of the emergency, 2,171,461 tests have been carried out and 229,658 cases have been registered. In all, 175,209 patients recovered and 5,721 died.



In Calabria 185 new cases and 3 deaths


In Calabria to date, 702,618 subjects have been subjected to tests for a total of 755,318 swabs performed (more tests can be performed on the same subject). The people who tested positive for Coronavirus are 58,291 (+185 compared to yesterday), the negative ones 644,327. These are the daily data relating to the Covid-19 epidemic communicated by the Health Protection Department, which register 46 people in intensive care (stable data compared to yesterday), +217 recovered / discharged and another 3 deaths.



In Sardinia 135 cases and 11 deaths


Cases of Covid in Sardinia are declining, where in the last 24 hours there have been 135 new infections while there are 11 deaths. A total of 53,590 cases of positive Covid-19 have been ascertained on the island since the beginning of the emergency while deaths rise to 1,363. A total of 1,171,672 swabs were performed, for an overall increase of 2,112 tests compared to the previous figure. On the other hand, 362 (-4) people are currently hospitalized in non-intensive wards, while 47 (-1) patients are in intensive care. There are 17,351 people in home isolation and a total of 34,467 healed (+247).  



Friuli Venezia Giulia, 100 new cases and 7 deaths


Today in Friuli Venezia Giulia 83 new infections were detected on 1,852 molecular swabs with a positive percentage of 4.48%. There are also 1,181 rapid antigenic tests performed, from which 17 cases (1.44%) were detected. The deaths registered are 7, the hospitalizations in intensive care remain 37, while those in the other departments are 286. This was announced by the deputy governor with responsibility for Health, Riccardo Riccardi. The total deaths amounted to 3,671. The totally healed are 87,295, the clinically healed 5,306, while the people in isolation drop to 7,942. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a total of 104,537 people have been positive.  



Abruzzo, 97 new positives and 1 death


On the pandemic front, the situation in Abruzzo is clearly improving. In the last 24 hours, there are 97 cases of contagion (yesterday there were 179 new positives) and 183 recovered, yesterday there were just 37. Today there is only one death due to the coronavirus. The death toll is 2,377 since the beginning of the pandemic and 59,181 in all have been healed. Currently the positives are 9,057 calculated by subtracting the total number of positives, the number of discharged, recovered and deceased, are 88 fewer from yesterday. Almost 1,400,000 swabs were performed in the period of the Coronavirus emergency: in all 996,391 molecular swabs, of these 2,270 performed since yesterday, and a total of 400,518 antigen tests, of these 1,306 made today. 419 people are hospitalized in the medical area: 13 fewer since yesterday.From Sunday the figure for patients in intensive care remains unchanged at 44, however, considering only one new hospitalization. 8,594 people remain in home isolation, exactly 75 fewer than 24 hours ago.