Coronavirus, 2,732 new cases with 506,043 swabs and 42 deaths. Positivity rate at 0.53%

2021-10-15T16:05:31.053Z

The updated situation in Italy and in the world Data on Covid-19 today. Today there are 2,732 new cases with 506,043 swabs - positivity rate of 0.53% - and 42 deaths. Yesterday 2,668 cases with 324,614 swabs (rate at 0.8%) and 40 deaths. The Regions In Lazio 348 new cases and 7 deaths. In Veneto there are 342 new infections. In Lombardy 288 infections and 4 deaths. In Campania 279 cases and 3 deaths. 230 new cases and three deaths in Tuscany. In Piedmont 203 new cases and 2 deaths. In Emilia Romagna 198 cases and 4 deaths. In Puglia 102 new cases and 2 deaths. In Calabria 94 new cases. In Friuli Venezia Giulia 82 new infections and one death. There are 69 new positives and one death in Liguria. One death and 42 new positives in Abruzzo. 19 new infections and one death in Sardinia. In Basilicata 18 new cases and 1 death. In Valle d'Aosta 12 cases. Brusaferro:progressive slow improvement situation "There is a progressive slow improvement in Italy and this also characterizes other European countries even if in some the circulation of the virus is strong, but Italy has one of the most limited circulation of the virus in Europe and we are in a phase of decreasing cases, in all age groups ". This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, at the press conference for the analysis of the weekly monitoring data. Rezza: for now no warning signs from schools "For now we have no particular warning signs from schools. We are monitoring carefully, also because, as we know, under 12 years of age it is not possible to vaccinate so far. We hope that this continues."This was stated by the director general of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, at the press point on the weekly monitoring.