The surge in new Covid cases continues, increasing by 50.4% in the last week. And the South of the Island is the most affected area of Italy, with Cagliari and South Sardinia respectively having the first and second highest incidence in the entire country.
This is what emerges from the Gimbe report: from 22 to 28 June 384,093 cases were recorded compared to 255,442 of the previous week.
In Cagliari the incidence is 1,143 infections per 100 thousand inhabitants, in South Sardinia 998 . As for the other Sardinian provinces, there are 716 weekly cases per 100 thousand inhabitants in the Oristano area, 624 in the Sassarese area, 492 in the Nuorese area.
But the greatest increase is in Sassarese (+ 64.2% compared to last week), followed by Oristano (+ 47.4%), South Sardinia (+ 41.5%), Nuoro (+ 40.6%) and Cagliari (+ 22.4%). In Sardinia, infections have increased by 38.3% in the last week.
The occupancy of beds in the medical area remains below the national average (7.6%), while that in intensive care is above the Italian average (3.9%).
"CLOSED MASK"
An average of almost 55 thousand cases a day in Italy and 770 thousand currently positive for Covid , a number "largely underestimated due to the massive use of do-it-yourself tampons", underlines the president Gimbe Nino Cartabellotta, noting that viral circulation "is on the rise and it has evident effects on hospitals ".
For this, he warns, "it is essential to wear a mask indoors , especially if crowded and poorly ventilated and in large gatherings outdoors", as well as "immediately administer the fourth dose to fragile and immunocompromised people".
IN HOSPITALS
There is a weekly increase of 25.7% in hospitalizations in the medical area and 15% in intensive care , deaths also increase by 16.3%.
In particular, hospitalizations with symptoms were 6,035 compared to 4,803 in the previous week (+1,232) and intensive care 237 (+31) compared to 206. 392 deaths (of which 43 referred to previous periods) compared to 337 of the 7 previous days.
(Unioneonline / L)
