The incidence of Covid-19 infections in Sardinia continues to decline, but the vaccination campaign is now at a standstill.
The Gimbe Foundation highlights this in its usual Monday report. In the week between 20 and 26 January, the incidence per 100,000 inhabitants dropped from 80.2 to 56.7, with a decrease in new cases of 29.4% compared to the previous week .
On a provincial basis, the greatest drop is recorded in the Cagliari area: 69 infections per 100 thousand inhabitants and -44.6% compared to the previous week; in the Nuoro area the incidence is 54 (-34.3%); in the Oristano area the highest incidence , 78 (-17.4% in the last week), the Sassarese is at 47, with growing infections (+2.3%); in Southern Sardinia the lowest incidence , 45 (-29% in the last seven days).
The occupation of beds is also low and below the national average: 4.2% in the medical area and 1% in the intensive care unit.
On the vaccination front, the campaign has been at a standstill for some time : the percentage of the over 5-year-old population who has not received any vaccine dose is 11.4% to which must be added the temporarily protected population over 5-year-olds, as they have recovered from Covid for less than 180 days, equal to 0.6%.
The percentage of the over 5 year old population who did not receive the third dose of the vaccine is 15.3% (Italian average 12.2%) to which must be added the over 5 year old population healed for less than 120 days, who cannot receive the third dose immediately, equal to 2.3%.
The vaccination coverage rate with the fourth dose is 22.2% (Italian average 30.7%), while with the fifth dose it is 9.9% (Italian average 13.5%) . The situation among children aged 5-11 was unchanged from last week: 41.8% completed the vaccination cycle (Italian average 35.3%) to which a further 4.5% (Italian average 3.2%) should be added. only with first dose.
(Unioneonline/L)