Covid today Italy, Rt and incidence decreasing: admissions slightly increasing

Covid today in Italy, Rt index and incidence in decline. Admissions slightly increased to 15.5%, intensive care is stable according to the monitoring, for the week from 1 to 7 April, of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss) – Ministry of Health on the epidemiological trend of Covid-19. After the first slight decline last week, there is still a reduction in the weekly incidence of infections at the national level, which drops to 776 per 100 thousand inhabitants compared to 836 per 100 thousand in the previous 7 days. In the period 16-29 March, the average Rt index calculated on symptomatic cases of Covid was equal to 1.15 (range 1.04-1.30), a decrease compared to the previous week and with a range that exceeds the threshold epidemic even in the lower limit. This is what is revealed by the weekly monitoring of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss) and the Ministry of Health on the epidemiological trend of Covid-19. The transmissibility index based on cases with hospitalization instead – reads the report – remains constant, with a Rt equal to 1.03 (as of March 29) compared to the same 1.03 recorded on March 22. Only one region is at high risk, in 11 moderate.