Covid today Italy, Civil Protection and regional contagion bulletin 15 July

Today’s Covid Italy bulletin, Thursday 15 July 2021, with data and news from the Civil Protection and region by region – from Lombardy to Lazio, from Campania to Veneto, from Sicily to Piedmont – on the delta variant, infections, hospitalizations, deaths. While discussing the use of the Green Pass, numbers and latest news on vaccines from big cities like Rome, Milan and Naples. The data of the regions: TUSCANY There are 173 coronavirus infections in Tuscany today, July 15, 2021, according to the data of the region bulletin anticipated by the governor Eugenio Giani. As of yesterday, one death was registered. “The new cases registered in Tuscany are 173 out of 11,311 tests of which 6,226 molecular swabs and 5,085 rapid tests. The rate of new positives is 1.53% (3.4% on the first diagnoses)”, writes Giani, adding that vaccines currently administered are 3,481,807. The new cases (169 confirmed with molecular swab and 4 by rapid antigen test) are 0.1% more than the total of the previous day. The average age of 173 new positives today is about 34 years (28% are under 20, 36% between 20 and 39, 24% between 40 and 59, 11% between 60 and 79, 1% have 80 years or more). The healed grow by 0.04% and reach 236,878 (96.6% of total cases). Today 6,226 molecular swabs and 5,085 rapid antigenic swabs were performed, of which 1.5% were positive. On the other hand, 5,085 subjects tested today (with antigenic and / or molecular swab, excluding control swabs), of which 3.4% were positive. The currently positive are 1,567 today, + 5.8% compared to yesterday.The people hospitalized in beds dedicated to Covid patients today are a total of 77 (6 more than yesterday, plus 8.5%), 15 in intensive care ( 1 more than yesterday, up 7.1%). Today there is 1 new death: a 74-year-old woman. With regard to the province of residence, the deceased person is in Arezzo. BASILICA There are 5 coronavirus infections in Basilicata today, 15 July 2021, according to data from the region’s bulletin. No deaths were recorded. The new cases were identified out of a total of 698 molecular swabs. The Lucanians recovered or negativized are 4. The hospitalized in the hospitals of Potenza and Matera are 13 (+1) of which none in intensive care while the current positives are in all 564 (+1). For the vaccination, 5,675 doses were administered yesterday. So far 324,055 Lucanians have received the first dose of the vaccine (58.6 per cent) and 195,571 those who have also received the second dose (35.3 per cent) for a total of 519,626 administered doses. Residents in Basilicata are 553,261. In Basilicata, six cases of the delta variant have been sequenced so far (four in the province of Potenza and two in Matera) and two of the gamma variant, both in the province of Matera.