Covid, Brusaferro: “More and more municipalities without infections”

“There is a continuous decrease in new cases in all regions. The map of Italy is progressively clearing up because there are many municipalities where there have been no cases in recent weeks. And this becomes an important element. also for the circulation of the virus “. This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), Silvio Brusaferro, during the press conference on the analysis of the data of the COVID-19 regional monitoring of the control room. Read also “With last night’s figure, the Italian incidence is at a value of 16.7 new cases per 100 thousand inhabitants in the last 7 days. It is interesting to evaluate how the incidence is low in all regions, that is under 50. The number of swabs that are done per 100 thousand inhabitants in 7 days remains quite high. And this is extremely important, especially in a phase like the one we are experiencing, in which the circulation of the “virus” is limited and decreasing, but it is important for this very reason to intervene and screen suspicious cases in order to be able to intercept them as quickly as possible “.
“Looking at the progress of the epidemic at European Union level, we can see how, week after week, the colors” of the map “show that there is a decrease in new cases and this is an extremely positive fact. trend of the Italian curve, which is among the lowest today at the level of the main EU countries “, he highlighted.