Covid Italy, Iss report: Rt stable, the incidence decreases

Covid in Italy, the Rt index remains stable at 0.96 while the incidence falls from 559 to 458 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. The employment of intensive care units also falls to 3.4%, that of medical areas falls to 12.6%, while no region is classified as high risk. These are the main data contained in the latest weekly report of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS), based on the Covid-19 monitoring of the Ministry of Health and ISS control room. Read also RT STABLE, DOWN INCIDENCE “In the period 20 April-3 May 2022, the mean Rt calculated on symptomatic cases was equal to 0.96 (range 0.89-1.01), substantially stable compared to the previous week . The transmissibility index based on hospitalized cases is below the epidemic threshold and down compared to the previous week: Rt 0.84 (0.82-0.87) as of May 3 vs Rt ​​= 0.91 ( 0.88-0.94) as of April 26 “. The weekly incidence at the national level also falls:” 458 per 100,000 inhabitants (6-12 May 2022) vs 559 per 100,000 inhabitants (29 April-5 May) “.