The emergency continues Covid-19 in Italy and in the world. According to yesterday’s bulletin from the Ministry of Health 1,147 Coronavirus infections were registered in Italy in the last 24 hours out of 216,026 tests carried out, including molecular and antigenic swabs. The rate of positivity is 0.5% (-0.1%). The number of dead has also dropped: there have been 35 since yesterday. There Sicily it is the region that recorded the greatest daily increase in infections. Here is the detail:
- Lombardy: +114
- Veneto: +72
- Campania: +107
- Emilia-Romagna: + 71
- Piedmont: +58
- Lazio: +147
- Puglia: +106
- Tuscany: +67
- Sicily: +170
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia: +23
- Walking: +28
- Liguria: +16
- Abruzzo: +25
- P.A. Bolzano: +9
- Calabria: +77
- Sardinia: +8
- Umbria: +13
- P.A. Trento: +8
- Basilicata: +14
- Molise: +12
- Aosta Valley: +2
Meanwhile, the pandemic in our country is slowing down. According to the last monitoring weekly Iss-Ministry of Health no region is at high risk Covid but “it’s not over”, experts warn, especially due to the circulation of viral variants. In particular, what is worrying is the Delta variant, also present in Italy, which would evade vaccination protection. From Monday 21 June almost all of Italy will be in the white zone. Minister Speranza has ordered the return of a 5-day quarantine for those who come to Italy from the United Kingdom. On the masks the premier outdoors today Draghi will consult the CTS, while yesterday at a press conference he spoke about vaccine mix: “There was confusion, the heterologous works. The important thing is to take the second dose.” NOT A WORD recommended for over 60s, but also for those under whom the single-dose administration is preferable, as stated in a circular from the Ministry of Health. As for the vaccination campaign, at the moment 45,022,254 have been inoculated and 15,286,319 of Italians are fully vaccinated.
Worldwide 177,827,498 infections and 3,851,543 deaths. In the United Kingdom, the increase in cases related to the Delta variant.
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