Covid today Italy, 2,455 infections and 9 deaths: July 15th bulletin

There are 2,455 coronavirus infections in Italy today, July 15, 2021, according to the data – region by region – of the Civil Protection bulletin. Since yesterday, another 9 deaths have been recorded. Since yesterday, 190,922 swabs have been performed, the positivity rate rises to 1.2%. The patients admitted to intensive care are 153 (+2), with 11 admissions in the last 24 hours. Overall, 1,089 hospitalized (-19). Read also REGIONAL DATA – There are 353 coronavirus infections in Lazio today, July 15, 2021, according to data from the region’s bulletin which highlights a further spread of the Delta variant. One dead recorded. In Rome, there are 178 cases. The new positives were detected on almost 9 thousand swabs and over 16 thousand antigenic for a total of over 25 thousand tests. The hospitalized are 105 (-16), the intensive therapies are 25, the cured are 190. The ratio between positives and swabs is 3.9% but if the antigenic ones are also considered the percentage drops to 1.3%. epidemiological shows a further increase in the circulation of the variant, which is the prevailing variant in circulation in all the ASLs. From the sequences carried out on all positive swabs it emerged that in 57.1% of cases a Delta variant was identified, two thirds (64.7% of cases) are concentrated in the metropolitan area of ​​Rome. More than three quarters of the cases are people under the age of 50 and 66% of cases with delta variant infection are under the age of 30. The median age of cases is 29 years. 76.5% of cases are unvaccinated. This proportion reaches 90.4% if the vaccinated with a single dose are also added. The proportion of hospitalization in cases with the Delta variant is 6.6%. CAMPANIA – There are 234 coronavirus infections in Campania according to data from today’s bulletin, July 15, 2021. The new cases were detected on 8,590 molecular swabs. One death in the past 48 hours. In Campania there are 12 Covid patients hospitalized in intensive care and 195 patients hospitalized in hospital wards ABRUZZO – There are 50 (aged between 8 and 89 years) coronavirus infections in Abruzzo today, 15 July 2021, according to data of the regional bulletin. As of yesterday, one death was registered. The currently positives in Abruzzo (calculated by subtracting the number of discharged / recovered and deceased from the total of positives) are 928 (-7 compared to yesterday). 24 patients (-1 compared to yesterday) are hospitalized in the medical area; 1 (unchanged compared to yesterday with no new entry) in intensive care, while the other 903 (-6 compared to yesterday) are in home isolation with active surveillance by the ASL. In the last 24 hours, 2466 molecular swabs were performed (1222832 in total since the start of the emergency) and 1932 antigen tests (538791). The positivity rate, calculated on the sum of molecular swabs and antigen tests of the day, is equal to 1.13 percent. SARDINIA – There are 112 new infections in Sardinia according to today’s bulletin, July 15. Also recorded another death. There are 5,620 more tests performed. Hospital admissions are 42 patients (-6 compared to the previous report), 3 in intensive care (+2). The Region – given the numbers, which have risen sharply, in recent weeks – is hypothesizing new checks on arrivals to the island. In today’s monitoring, let the Region know, there is the result of a realignment between the ISS database and the data present in the information flow of the Ministry of Health and Civil Protection, which changes the total number of healed and people in isolation Currently in Sardinia there are 1,219 people in home isolation and 1,528 more healed, based on the realignment of the data. On the territory, of the 57,913 positive cases ascertained overall, 15,348 (+61) were detected in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, 8,820 (+27) in Southern Sardinia, 5,207 (+3) in Oristano, 10,976 (+1) in Nuoro, 17,548 (+20) in Sassari, TUSCANY – There are 173 coronavirus infections in Tuscany today, July 15, 2021, according to data from the region’s bulletin anticipated by 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 BASILICATA – There are 5 coronavirus infections in Basilicata today, July 15, 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.