Even the data of the ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring certify, the fourth wave has begun its downward phase.

The Rt index dropped significantly below the threshold of 1, equal to 0.97 against 1.31 last week. And the incidence of infections also drops: 1823 weekly cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, compared to 2011 a week ago.

"Various Regions and Autonomous Provinces have reported delays in entering the data of the individual flow and it cannot be excluded that these values may be underestimated", highlights the Higher Institute of Health.

But the situation in hospitals is also beginning to improve. NICU bed occupancy nationwide fell from 17.3% last week to 16.7%. In the medical area, wards occupied at 30.4%, a week ago they were at 31.6%.

The highest occupancy rate of Covid beds in intensive care is recorded this week in the Autonomous Province of Trento (at 27.8%), in the Marche (at 27.3%) and in Friuli Venezia Giulia (at 23.4%) ). The highest employment rates in ordinary hospital wards are instead recorded in Valle d'Aosta (at 50.3%), in Liguria (at 39.3%), in Sicily (at 38.1%) and in Calabria (at 38.1%). %).

(Unioneonline / L)