Covid today Italy, infections have been decreasing for 4 weeks. Gimbe: “Descent brakes”

Covid infections continue to decline, which in the week 16-22 February amounted to 349,122 against 439.70 in the previous one. The decline of the new positives, however, slows down, -20.6%, with the buffers down by 19.6%. These are the data from the independent monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation, which confirms the decline in deaths (1,828 compared to 2,172), of currently positive cases (1,291,793 against 1,550,410), of people in home isolation (1,277,821 compared to 1,533. 689), hospitalized patients with symptoms (13,076 against 15,602) and intensive care (896 from 1,119). “For four weeks – comments Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation – the new weekly cases have been decreasing: they are about 350 thousand with a reduction of 20.6% compared to the previous week and a 7-day moving average that falls from 59,701 cases of February 16 to 49,875 on February 22 (-16.5%). This reduction is attributable to both the reduced viral circulation and the drop in tampons, the positivity rate of which remains substantially stable “. In the week 16-22 February in all the Regions show a percentage reduction in new cases: from -0.5% in Calabria to -35.9% in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. There are 72 provinces that exceed 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, including 5 with an incidence greater than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants: Oristano (1,965), Reggio di Calabria (1,216), Syracuse (1,215), Fermo (1,022) and Vibo Valentia (1.006). (continues)