Coronavirus.
In Italy 5,117 new cases and 67 deaths.
1.7% positivity rate
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17 September 2021 In the period 25 August - 7 September the
average
Rt
calculated on symptomatic cases
continues to drop
, which was equal to 0.85 (range 0.83 - 0.95), below the epidemic threshold and decreasing compared to to the previous week when the value was 0.92.
It emerges from the draft of the weekly monitoring on the Covid-19 epidemic at the examination of the control room that will be illustrated today.
The incidence of cases per 100 thousand inhabitants also decreases (and this is one of the key decision-making indicators) which passes, in the national value, from 64 last week to 54 in the latter (period 10-16 September).
The employment rate in intensive care of Covid patients decreased slightly to 6.1% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health), with the number of people hospitalized decreasing from 563 (7/09/2021) to 554 (14 / 09/2021). The same value in the data sheet on decision-making indicators that accompanies the weekly monitoring, now being examined by the control room, updated to 14 September, sees an even lower value: 5.8.
The employment rate in medical areas nationwide drops slightly to 7.2%. The number of people hospitalized in these areas is decreasing from 4,307 (7/09/2021) to 4,165 (14/09/2021).
Four Regions / Autonomous Provinces are classified at moderate risk (they are Abruzzo, Molise, Autonomous Province of Bolzano and Autonomous Province of Trento), compared to 3 last week. The remaining 17 Regions / Autonomous Provinces are classified as low risk. Only the Autonomous Province of Bolzano reports a resilience alert. None reports multiple resilience alerts.