Sicily, Sardinia and Tuscany at risk of the yellow zone after August 15th
Friday 13 August, the day of the next control room, the Sicily it will know if it will enter the yellow zone but from the data of the last weekly report the return of the restrictions appears more than likely. Sicily has the record of positives, hospitalizations, deaths and is last in the ranking of vaccinations in almost all age groups. With the occupancy rate of hospital beds at 14% (the limit is 15%), one percentage point more is enough to return to compulsory wearing of masks in public, while as regards the activities of bars, pubs and restaurants, it is allowed to remain open, even for dinner, but with a limit of 4 people per table (if not cohabiting) both outdoors and indoors. This rule is also valid for wedding parties and receptions. No problem for travel between Regions, which remain free. “All the regions with a tourist vocation are likely to leave the white zone – says the councilor for Health of the Sicilian region Ruggero Race – Until the end of the season in Sicily among tourists and Sicilians who return to the island for the holidays we will have 2 million more attendance ”. Not only. According to the National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agents), in a new section of the daily monitoring dedicated to one of the indicators provided for in the new parameters that determine the transition to the yellow zone of the regions, is 68.91 at the national level, the number of weekly infections to be Sars-Cov-2 per 100,000 inhabitants, relating to the week 2-8 August, an increase compared to the 63.65 recorded from 26 July to 1 August. But 3 regions exceed 100: Sardinia (142,03), Tuscany (119.73) and Sicily (104.55).
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