Covid today Italy, 3,121 infections and 13 deaths: July 17 bulletin

There are 3,121 coronavirus infections in Italy today, July 17, 2021, according to the data – region by region – of the Civil Protection bulletin. Since yesterday, another 13 deaths have been recorded, bringing the total number of victims to 127,864 since the beginning of the emergency linked to covid-19. In the last 24 hours, 244,797 swabs were performed, the positivity rate is 1.3%. There are 162 patients in intensive care, one more than yesterday, with 9 admissions in the last 24 hours. Patients with symptoms are 1,111 (+23). THE DATA OF THE EMILIA ROMAGNA REGIONS There are 207 new coronavirus infections today in Emilia Romagna. 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. There are 553,254 residents in Basilicata.FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIAS There are 30 coronavirus infections in Friuli Venezia Giulia today, July 17, according to data from the region’s bulletin. No deaths registered since yesterday. In detail, 26 new infections were detected on 3,607 molecular swabs with a positive percentage of 0.72%. There are also 3,316 rapid antigenic tests carried out, from which 4 cases (0.12%) were detected. No one is hospitalized in intensive care, while there are 8 patients in other departments. The deaths in total amount to 3,789, with the following territorial subdivision: 813 in Trieste, 2.012 in Udine, 671 in Pordenone and 293 in Gorizia. The totally healed are 103,200, the clinically recovered 8, while the people in isolation are 237. Pordenone, 13,077 in Gorizia and 1,396 from outside the region. There are no positive results among the staff of the regional health system, while a contagion was recorded among the guests of residential facilities for the elderly. On the other hand, there is no case among operators.