Covid today Veneto, 17,956 infections and 38 deaths: January 13 bulletin

There are 17,956 coronavirus infections in Veneto today, 13 January 2022, according to the covid numbers of the region’s bulletin. 38 other deaths recorded. New cases were identified on 153,357 swabs, the incidence is 11.71%. The current positives in Veneto are 224,145. Covid patients admitted to hospital are 1,808 (+32). In the non-critical area the patients are 1,602 (+36). In intensive care, on the other hand, 206 people (- 4). “We do 50 thousand vaccinations a day. The booster dose is working: we are at 2,167,000 doses and in intensive care in the first 13 days of January we had + 41% of non-vaccinated attendance and -8% of unvaccinated”, says the governor Luca Zaia, during the press point on the Covid situation. “If we removed the unvaccinated from intensive care, the Veneto would still be in the white zone,” he adds. Veneto still has covid numbers from the yellow zone. “The data tells us we wouldn’t be orange. The Rt index is 1.34. The ICU occupancy rate is 20%, so we have reached the” threshold for moving into the orange zone. ” drops, makes us breathe. At 20% we are in the orange zone “, explains the governor. “In the medical area, the employment rate is 25%: we are missing 5 points, if the trend is this” we reach 30% “in a week. The incidence is 2238.8 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. The Omicron variant is 65.9% in Veneto. This means that in 10 days we are all Omicron “, he adds.