More than 810 thousand new cases of Covid-19 in Italy have flown in the last week. This is revealed by the usual monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation according to which the increase compared to the previous seven days is 153 percent.
In the period between 29 December and 4 January, compared to the previous one, there was also a + 8.9% of deaths, which went from 1,012 to 1,102. In 7 days the currently positive cases doubled, passing from 598,868 to 1,265,297 (+ 111.3%).
THE STUDY - In our country, however, the peak of deaths could arrive in mid-February, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Ihme), an independent research center on global health of the University of Washington.
According to IHME projections, there could be between 343 and 576 deaths per day in Italy, depending on the variables (use of the mask, severity of the Omicron variant, third doses and vaccination hesitation).
ADMISSIONS - The pressure on hospitals is also increasing, with + 28% hospitalizations with symptoms (from 10,089 to 12,912) and + 21.6% in intensive care (from 1,145 to 1,392).
(Unioneonline / ss)