New cases of Covid in Italy are rising again , with a growth of 26% in the last week for a total of 34,314 new infections.
The occupancy of hospital beds also rises slightly , as does the Rt transmissibility index which reaches 0.93 from 0.89, therefore still remaining below the epidemic threshold of 1.
The incidence then rises to 58 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants from 46 last week.
This is what we read in the weekly monitoring of Covid in Italy released by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità .
The occupancy of beds in the medical area remains limited but increasing, equal to 6.7% (4,167 hospitalized), an increase compared to the previous week (5.9%).
The occupancy of intensive care beds, equal to 1.4% (122 hospitalized), saw a slight increase compared to the previous week when it was 1.2%.
(Unioneonline/vl)
