Yellow zone, rules from August 1: new region parameters

Yellow zone, new rules from 1 August for regions struggling with the covid emergency and with the Delta variant. Change the parameters to establish the color and the transition from the white area – which currently extends to all of Italy – to yellow, orange or red. Infections and incidence will not weigh so much as the occupation of intensive care units and other wards in the hospital. “The incidence of infections remains in force but will no longer be the guiding criterion for the choice of colors (white, yellow, orange, red) of the Regions. From 1 August the two main parameters will be: the occupancy rate of the beds in medical area for patients affected by Covid-19; the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care for patients affected by Covid-19 “, explains Palazzo Chigi in the note issued after the Council of Ministers. “The Regions remain in the white zone if: the weekly incidence of infections is less than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for three consecutive weeks; if an incidence of more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants occurs, the Region remains in the white zone if one of the following two conditions is verified: the occupancy rate of beds in the medical area for patients with Covid-19 is equal to or less than 15 percent or the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care for patients with Covid-19 is equal to or less than 10 percent “. To go from white to yellow it is instead necessary that” the weekly incidence of infections must be equal to or greater than 50 per 100,000 inhabitants provided that the occupancy rate of the beds in the is greater than 15 percent and the occupancy rate of ICU beds for patients with Covid-19 is greater than 10 percent; if there is an incidence equal to or greater and at 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the Region remains in the yellow zone if one of the following two conditions is met: the occupancy rate of beds in the medical area for patients with Covid-19 is equal to or less than 30 percent or the rate occupancy of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients is equal to or less than 20 percent “.