Covid today Italy, Civil Protection bulletin and regional infections 17 January

The bulletin with Covid numbers in Italy today, Monday 17 January 2022, data and news from the Civil Protection and the Ministry of Health – region by region – on coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths. The numbers from Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto, Tuscany and Lazio, Campania, Puglia and Sicily. The bulletin of the big cities like Milan, Rome and Naples, the point on the vaccination campaign and the third doses. The spotlight is always on on the Omicron variant, with the expected peak in 2-3 weeks, and on the color system of the Regions. From today the new map sees Campania in the yellow zone, together with most of the country, and Valle d’Aosta in the orange zone.

VENETO There are 6,381 coronavirus infections in Veneto today, January 17, 2022, according to numbers and covid data from the region’s bulletin. New cases were identified on 50,302 swabs, the incidence is 12.69%. There are 28 deaths. “The positivity rate is dropping,” said Governor Luca Zaia. The current positives in Veneto are 256,274. Covid patients in hospital are 1,971 (+38). In the non-critical area, 1,766 people are hospitalized, while 205 are in intensive care. PUGLIA There are 6,652 new infections today, January 17, 2022 in Puglia, according to data and numbers from the latest Covid-19 bulletin of the Region. Another death is recorded. The new positive cases emerged from the analysis of 50,360 daily tests. There are 123,755 people currently positive in the Region, 615 are hospitalized in a non-critical area and 63 in intensive care. Since the beginning of the emergency there have been 440,403 total cases in Puglia, 6,847,168 tests performed, 309,584 people healed and 7,064 deaths.TUSCANY In Tuscany there are 5,626 new Covid cases (3,362 confirmed with molecular swab and 2,264 by rapid antigen bring the total to 587,041 since the beginning of the emergency. The healed grew by 1.3% and reached 400,407 (68.2% of total cases). Today, 15,970 molecular swabs and 15,804 rapid antigenic swabs were performed, of which 17.7% were positive. On the other hand, 8,282 subjects were tested today (with antigenic and / or molecular swab, excluding control swabs), of which 67.9% were positive. The currently positive today are 178,771, + 0.2% compared to yesterday. The hospitalized are 1,441 (73 more than yesterday), of which 138 in intensive care (11 more). Today there are 13 new deaths: 10 men and 3 women with an average age of 72.1 years.