At the national level, according to the ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring, the weekly incidence of coronavirus cases is decreasing: it is at 1,362 per 100 thousand inhabitants for the period between January 28 and February 3, against 1,823 in the week. previous, according to data from the Ministry of Health. While between 12 and 25 January the mean Rt calculated on symptomatic cases was equal to 0.93 (range 0.9 - 0.98), a decrease compared to the previous week (when it was equal to 0.97) and below the epidemic threshold.
Only the autonomous province of Bolzano, with a value of 2,288.7, and the Marche at 2,128.6 this week recorded an incidence of more than 2 thousand cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, Friuli Venezia Giulia immediately below it at 1,963.5.
The lowest value, on the other hand, is recorded by Sardinia with 491.3, compared to the national average of 1,362.
The number of new cases not associated with transmission chains also decreased (553,860 compared to 652,401 the previous week). The percentage of cases detected through contact tracing activity is slightly down (17% versus 18% last week). The percentage of cases detected through the appearance of symptoms was stable (always 38 percent) as well as the percentage of cases diagnosed through screening activities (always 45 percent).
In intensive care, the employment rate drops to 14.8% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health as of February 3) compared to 16.7% on January 27). The employment rate in medical areas nationwide is 29.5% (as of February 3) against 30.4% (as of January 27).
(Unioneonline / ss)
