Covid today Italy, “in a week + 25.8% hospitalizations”

A leap forward in Covid hospitalizations, with a sharp acceleration of 25.8%. The most significant increase concerns patients under 18 who, in one week, double, recording an increase of 86%. Admissions in intensive care units increased by 13%: the proportion between vax and no vax patients remained stable with non-vaccinated patients admitted to resuscitation making up 72% of the total. This is what emerges from the latest report of the sentinel hospitals of the Italian Federation of health and hospital companies (Fiaso): in all 21 health and hospital structures and 4 pediatric hospitals distributed throughout the Italian territory. Half of no vax, before ending up in hospital, were in good health and had no comorbidities. The age range of unvaccinated ICUs is very wide: the youngest is 18, the oldest 83. In one week, the growth in intensive wards in Fiaso sentinel hospitals is lower than that recorded in ordinary hospitalizations. On the other hand, the vaccinated in intensive care are 28%: over two thirds are affected by other serious diseases that could have determined a reduced efficacy of the vaccine and 85% of cases are people who have been administered two doses of vaccine from over 4 months and have not yet received the third dose. The report shows a double-digit increase in hospitalizations, equal to 25.8%, with an acceleration compared to last week when the increase was 13.6%. In the ordinary wards the presence of unvaccinated patients is 52%. The age difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated remains: the former are on average 71 years old, the latter 63 years old. The state of health between the two categories is also different: 70% of the vaccinated patients suffer from serious diseases, while about half of the unvaccinated patients (49%) were in complete good health before Covid. In detail, in the week 28 December-3 January, in the 4 pediatric hospitals and in the pediatric wards of the sentinel hospitals, the number of hospitalized children increased from 66 to 123 and the number of children in intensive care tripled from 2 to 6 in one 62% of the young patients are between 0 and 4 years old and are therefore in an age group that cannot be vaccinated.