BOLOGNA – Faced with an increase in swabs performed (today 15600, new regional record; yesterday 13400), the number of coronavirus cases detected in the 24 hours remains stable (339 today, of which 160 asymptomatic; they were 341 yesterday) but hospitalizations and there are 4 deaths: it had not happened for a month and a half. The deaths concern a 91-year-old woman in the province of Bologna, an 82-year-old in Imola, an 83-year-old man in the Ferrara area, a 66-year-old man in the province of Modena.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in Emilia-Romagna there have been 38695 infections; the healed rose to 27,045 (+63 compared to yesterday); there are 7148 active cases, of which: 6730 in isolation at home, 35 patients in intensive care (+4), 383 in other covid departments (+60). Deaths rise to 4,502.
As regards the situation in the provinces, the highest numbers are recorded in those of Bologna (69), Reggio Emilia (57), Rimini (50). In Bologna there are 69 new cases. Among the 39 symptomatic, 16 are considered sporadic and 23 attributable to identified outbreaks (mainly family, friends or frequency of public places). One case is imported from abroad (Morocco). Of the 30 asymptomatic cases, 10 are sporadic and 20 from outbreaks (family members, in social health facilities and for dinner in a pub).
The Castiglione school closes
The first school in the Bolognese area closes for covid. This is the high school “Caduti della Direttissima” of Castiglione dei Pepoli, from which today 18 positive cases in five different classes have been notified to the Ausl. It was therefore decided to interrupt face-to-face teaching to protect students and their families. From tomorrow, the pupils of the classes involved will be placed in quarantine. The Institute has arranged for teaching to continue at a distance for all students. A screening day for the entire school community, about 300 people, using a nasopharyngeal swab is being organized, which will be held at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Castiglione dei Pepoli on Friday 16 October.
Venturi: “We forgot the distance”
“This is what we have forgotten: the distancing. Nothing has changed, we have changed and we are inattentive. In every place we are crowded and it is not good”: these are the words of the former Coronavirus emergency commissioner Sergio Venturi. “Right now that we are the last mile before the arrival of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines. We are at least one meter, one and a half meters with the mask. Is it so complicated to remember? Good life, everyone.”
