Piedmont returns to the yellow zone from Monday

Piedmont returns to the yellow zone from Monday. This was announced by the Region following the data contained in the weekly pre-report of the Ministry of Health and the Higher Institute of Health which highlights in the week between 7 and 13 February in Piedmont the sharp decline in the number of new cases compared to the previous week. In particular, the punctual RT calculated on the date of onset of symptoms remains almost constant (it is 0.58) and the incidence also improves, which passes to 506.95 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (it was 819.64). The positive percentage of the swabs is reduced from 19% to 17%. The occupancy rate of intensive care beds also improves, which falls from 15.8% to 8.9%, and that of ordinary beds also improves, which passes from 26.4% to 20.8%, both below the threshold. alert. “The contagion curve and hospital admissions continue to improve, from Monday we will be yellow with data that from today already approaches us towards white, but we continue to be responsible and let’s get vaccinated”, underline the president of the Piedmont Region Alberto Cirio and the councilor for Health Genesio Icardi.