Covid Italy, hospitalizations and intensive care employment are on the rise

Iss: the employment percentage of medical departments rises to 21.6%, in intensive care it is 15.4% In Italy, at the national level, the average employment rate by Covid patients in intensive care units is 15.4% (according to the daily survey by the Ministry of Health as of January 6) compared to 12.9% (survey as of December 30). The percentage of employment of the medical departments at national level also increased sharply, rising to 21.6% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 6 January) compared to 17.1% recorded on 30 December. This is what emerges from the weekly monitoring of the control room, reported by the Higher Institute of Health (Iss).