Covid Toscana December 16: 1,222 new infections, intensive care hospitalizations rise

Florence, December 16, 2021 – The data from the regional bulletin on the progress of the pandemic show that they are 1.222 i new cases of Covid registered in Tuscany today 16 December. Going into the details of the regional bulletin data, in Tuscany there are 313,465 cases of Coronavirus positivity, as mentioned 1,222 more than yesterday (1,185 confirmed with molecular swab and 37 from rapid antigen test). The new cases they are 0.4% more than the previous day’s total. The healed they grow by 0.2% and reach 291,590 (93% of total cases).

Positivity rate

Today 12,617 molecular swabs and 21,947 rapid antigenic swabs were performed, of which 3.5% were positive. On the other hand, 11,343 subjects were tested today (with antigenic and / or molecular swab, excluding control swabs), of which 10.8% were positive, so the positivity rate is up compared to yesterday when it was at 9, 9%. The currently positive are 14,400 today, + 4.9% compared to yesterday. The hospitalized are 371 (stable compared to yesterday), of which 52 in intensive care (4 more).

The point about vaccines

At 12.00 today a total of 6,735,064 vaccinations were carried out, 35,827 more than yesterday (+ 0.5%), bearing in mind that the companies of the Regional Health System continue for the whole day. Tuscany is the 6th region for% of doses administered over those delivered (96.8% of the 6,959,272 delivered), for a vaccination rate of 183,600 per 100,000 inhabitants (Italian average: 174,967 per 100,000).

The average age of positives

The average age of 1,222 new positives today is approximately 38 years (28% are under 20, 24% between 20 and 39, 28% between 40 and 59, 17% between 60 and 79, 3% have 80 years or older).

Cases on the territory

The following are the cases of positivity in the area with the change compared to yesterday (1,185 confirmed with molecular swab and 37 by rapid antigenic test). There are 86,247 total cases to date in Florence (324 more than yesterday), 27,955 in Prato (59 more), 29,825 in Pistoia (132 more), 16,514 in Massa (57 more), 31,619 in Lucca (117 more), 36,455 in Pisa (131 more), 23,898 in Livorno (152 more), 28,165 in Arezzo (101 more), 18,783 in Siena (58 more), 13,449 in Grosseto (91 more). 555 positive cases were reported in Tuscany, but residing in other regions. S.533 cases have been found today in the Central Local Health Authority, 439 in the North West, 250 in the South East.
Tuscany is in 12th place in Italy in terms of number of cases (including residents and non-residents), with approximately 8,545 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (Italian average approximately 8,914 x100,000, yesterday’s figure). The provinces of notification with the highest rate are Prato with 10,918 cases x100,000 inhabitants, Pistoia with 10,256, Pisa with 8,754, the lowest Grosseto with 6,154.

The hospitalized

Overall, 14,029 people are in isolation at home, as they have mild symptoms that do not require hospital care, or are symptom-free (667 more than yesterday, plus 5%). There are 28,588 (695 more than yesterday, plus 2.5%) people, also isolated, in active surveillance because they have had contact with infected people (ASL Centro 7.422, North West 13.646, South East 7.520). The people hospitalized in the beds dedicated to COVID patients today are a total of 371 (stable compared to yesterday), 52 in intensive care (4 more than yesterday, plus 8.3%). The total people healed are 291,590 (548 more than yesterday, plus 0.2%): 0 people clinically healed (stable compared to yesterday), that is, who became asymptomatic after presenting clinical manifestations associated with the infection and 291,590 (548 more compared to yesterday, plus 0.2%) declared fully cured, the so-called viral healings, with negative swab.

The deaths

Today there are 7 new deaths: 5 men and 2 women with an average age of 74.6 years. Regarding the province of residence, the 7 deceased people are 1 in Prato, 1 in Massa Carrara, 1 in Lucca, 3 in Pisa, 1 in Livorno. 7,475 have died since the beginning of the epidemic as follows: 2,398 in Florence, 657 in Prato, 696 in Pistoia, 548 in Massa Carrara, 710 in Lucca, 758 in Pisa, 434 in Livorno, 566 in Arezzo, 378 in Siena, 232 in Grosseto, 98 people died on Tuscan soil but were residents outside the region.
The Tuscan raw mortality rate (number of deaths / resident population) for Covid-19 is 203.8 x100.000 residents against 228.1 x100.000 of the Italian average (11th region). As for the provinces, the highest mortality rate is found in Massa Carrara (288.7 x100.000), Prato (256.6 x100.000) and Florence (243.2 x100.000), the lowest at Grosseto (106.2 x100.000).

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