Intensive care occupation – Employment in hospital wards is growing again this week. The employment rate in intensive care is 8.5% (Ministry of Health daily survey as of December 9) against 7.3% (Ministry of Health daily survey as of December 2).
The highest incidence in Bolzano – Maximum incidence of Covid cases has been reported in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, which records this week the value of 556.1 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. Friuli-Venezia Giulia (378 cases per 100 thousand), Veneto (365.5) and Valle d’Aosta (266.4) follow with values well above the threshold. All the Regions and Autonomous Provinces, except one, in any case exceed the alert threshold set at 50 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, a limit beyond which it is complex to implement the tracing of cases. The only Region to register a value below the threshold is Molise, with 28 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants
The other medical areas – The employment rate in medical areas at the national level rises to 10.6% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 9 December) against 9.1% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 2 December).
Twenty Moderate Risk Regions – Also according to ISS data, there are twenty Regions and Autonomous Provinces classified as moderate risk this week. One region – Molise – is classified as low risk. Twelve Regions and Autonomous Provinces report a resilience alert.
Employment of intensive in the Regions – Speaking of Regions, seven Regions and Autonomous Provinces exceed, this week, the alert threshold for the occupation of Covid beds in intensive care, set at 10%. They are Calabria (11.8%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (14.3%), Liguria (12.4%), Marche (14.8%), Bolzano PA (18%), Trento PA (16, 7%), Veneto (12.4%). Emilia Romagna records a value equal to 10%. On the other hand, four Regions and Autonomous Provinces exceed the 15% alert threshold for the occupation of medical departments: Calabria (16.8%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (23.3%), Bolzano PA (19.2%) ), Valle d’Aosta (24.2%).
Cases not associated with transmission chains – The number of new cases not associated with transmission chains is on the rise (37,278 compared to 30,966 in the previous week). The percentage of cases detected through contact tracing activity is increasing (34% versus 33% last week). Furthermore, the percentage of cases detected through the appearance of symptoms is decreasing (40% against 45%), while the percentage of cases diagnosed through screening activities is increasing (26% against 22%).
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