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September 25, 2021 In the face of the growth in the incidence of Covid cases detected at the beginning of July in all age groups, starting from the beginning of August there was a "sharp decrease" in the incidence in the 12-19 age group and a decrease less marked incidence in the over 20s. For the population under the age of 12, who do not have access to vaccination, the incidence began to decrease only from the end of August together with the reduction in overall cases.

This was reported in the extended ISS report updated to 22 September.



Since the beginning of the epidemic at 12 noon on 22 September 2021, there have been 748,615 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the population aged 0-19, of which 34 have died. During the period 6 - 19 September 2021, 14,967 new cases were diagnosed and reported in the population 0-19 years, of which 151 hospitalized, 2 hospitalized in intensive care and no deaths (the reported values ​​do not include hospitalized persons, hospitalized in intensive care and deaths diagnosed before September 6).



In the previous two weeks (23 August - 5 September 2021) 21,036 new cases were diagnosed in the population 0-19 years, of which 246 hospitalized, 2 hospitalized in intensive care and 1 deceased.

From the second decade of July there was an increase in the percentage of cases in the younger age groups (under 3, 3-5, 6-11) to the detriment of the 12-15 and 16-19 age groups.

Although the data is not consolidated, in the last two weeks more than 50% of cases diagnosed in the age group 0-19 years have been observed in subjects younger than 12 years.