Covid, Gimbe: leap in infections, + 34% in a week

Leap of Covid infections

with an increase of 34% in a week.

Ordinary hospitalizations return to rise (+ 4.5%) while

both

(-14.7% with weekly admissions at a minimum since July 2021) and

(-8.1%) are

This is what the

.

"After the modest increase recorded last week - declares

, president of the Foundation - we are witnessing a leap in new weekly cases that from just under 108 thousand come to almost 161 thousand, with a 7-day moving average of almost 23 thousand cases a day ".   

The increase in new cases

, explained in the report,

(from + 5.9% in Sicily to + 50.9% in Veneto) and almost all Provinces: 101 mark an increase (from +3.3 % of Reggio di Calabria to + 82.6% of Pescara) and only 6 a decrease (from -0.6% of Agrigento to -21.3% of Enna).

The incidence exceeds 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 4 Provinces: Vicenza (589), Pescara (574), Trento (531) and Belluno (522). 

"The resumption of viral circulation is well documented both by the increase in the positivity rate of tampons and by the sharp rise in new cases that are already making the first effects felt on hospitalizations in the medical area. Moreover, alongside the resumption of school lessons, the greater attendance of closed places and the high percentage of reinfections,

it will contribute to a further increase in viral circulation "continues Cartabellotta and adds" With the increase in viral circulation it is essential that the new executive clearly reaffirms the fundamental recommendations, already provided by WHO Europe.

First of all, carry out the second recall to the elderly and the frail with top priority, given that vaccination efficacy against serious illness begins to decline after 120 days;

secondly, complete the vaccination course with the third dose to the general population;

finally, use the mask responsibly in crowded and poorly ventilated indoor places.

Structural adjustments, in addition to substantial investments, require times that are not compatible with a possible new wave ". 

It is "urgent

- affirms Gimbe - to

and to use masks responsibly indoors in crowded and / or poorly ventilated places".