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

Today’s Covid Italia bulletin, Saturday 17 July 2021, with data from the Civil Protection region by region. News on infections, hospitalizations and deaths – from Lombardy to Lazio, from Veneto to Puglia, from Sardinia to Sicily – and numbers on vaccines. The diffusion of the Delta variant and the yellow zone spectrum are always in the spotlight, while the debate continues on the hypothesis of the mandatory green pass in the country. EMILIA ROMAGNA There are 207 new coronavirus infections in Emilia Romagna today. Since the beginning of the epidemic, there have been 388,479 positive cases. The new cases out of a total of 22,306 swabs performed in the last 24 hours. The percentage of new positives on the number of swabs made since yesterday is 0.9%. There are no new deaths. In total, 13,268 deaths remain in the region since the beginning of the epidemic. Meanwhile, the anti-Covid vaccination campaign continues, extended to all citizens over 12 years of age. At 1 pm a total of 4,485,332 doses were administered; out of the total, 1,925,644 people have completed the vaccination cycle.TUSCANY There are 222 new coronavirus infections today July 17 in Tuscany, according to data from the latest bulletin. There are no deaths. The new cases (214 confirmed with molecular swab and 8 by rapid antigen test, which are 0.1% more than the previous day’s total), bring the total to 245,733 since the beginning of the coronavirus health emergency. The healed grew by 0.02% and reached 236,989 (96.4% of total cases). Today, 5,319 molecular swabs and 7,649 rapid antigenic swabs were performed, of which 1.7% were positive. On the other hand, 4,914 subjects were tested today (with antigenic and / or molecular swab, excluding control swabs), of which 4.5% were positive. The currently positive are 1,846 today, + 10.3% compared to yesterday. The hospitalized are 80 (4 more than yesterday), of which 17 in intensive care (1 more). There are no new deaths today.BASILICATA In Basilicata there are 11 new cases of infection from Sars Cov-2, out of a total of 573 molecular swabs, and there are no deaths from Covid-19. This was announced by the regional task force of Basilicata with the daily bulletin. The Lucanians recovered or negativized are 3. The hospitalized in the hospitals of Potenza and Matera are 14 of which none in intensive care while the current positives are in all 555. For the vaccination, 5,927 doses were administered yesterday. So far, 327,500 Lucanians have received the first dose of the vaccine (59.2 per cent) and 204,422 have also received the second dose (36.9 per cent) for a total of 531,922 administered doses. Residents in Basilicata are 553,254.