Yellow zone, three regions at risk?

Yellow zone at the end of August, a hypothesis not to be discarded for some regions, which could leave the white zone before the end of summer 2021 and be forced to deal with new rules and restrictions. The Delta variant, now prevalent (now at 94.8%), risks further increasing Covid infections even in the coming weeks, with consequences on the incidence. The ISS report turns the spotlight on the possible increase in hospitalizations and intensive care in Sicily, Sardinia and Lazio. Read also The Rt index rises again at the national level, passing to 1.57. Last week it was at 1.26. This is what emerges from the draft of the Iss-Ministry of Health weekly monitoring on the trend of Covid-19 in Italy. The transmissibility index based on cases with hospitalization is also growing: it is at 1.46 (range 1.38-1.55) as of 20 July. The figure recorded the previous week (as of July 13) was 1.16. “New parameters have been defined to trigger measurements from the yellow zone, with some additional restrictions”. But “today it is difficult to make” a “forecast, we must carefully evaluate the trend of the data and I believe, as early as next week, based on the trend of the Rt, the symptoms and hospitalizations, we could have a little picture more defined “. In any case, “the determination of these scenarios is also given by our behavior”, said for his part the president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Silvio Brusaferro, in his speech at the press conference on the analysis of the data of the regional monitoring of the cabin directed by Iss-Ministry of Health. In any case, the data indicate that “all the Regions are at moderate risk, but none have started at high risk because the resilience, or the so-called responsiveness of the health services, is still good”. swabs (-911) and over 19 thousand antigenic for a total of over 30 thousand tests, there are 845 new positive cases (+65), 4 deaths (referring to recovery of notifications), hospitalized are 290 (+17), intensive care there are 44 (+5) cured are 211. The ratio between positives and swabs is 7.9% but if we also consider the antigenic the percentage drops to 2.8%. The cases in Rome city are at 480 “, he underlines the councilor for Health and Social and Health Integration of the Lazio Region Alessio D’Amato in the bulletin at the end of today’s videoconference of the regional task force for Covid-19 with the general directors of the ASL and hospitals, university polyclinics and the pediatric hospital Baby Jesus. “Rates remain stable employment in the medical and intensive care area, far from risk thresholds, we do not see any critical issues on the hospital network. It remains absolutely priority to get vaccinated and complete the vaccination process “, remarks D’Amato SARDEGNA. There are 308 new coronavirus infections today July 30 in Sardinia, according to the data of the latest bulletin. Another death is recorded. The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic rises to 61,721, that of deaths to 1,501. The current positives in the region are 4,659 (+267), the discharged / recovered are 55,561 (+40). SICILY There are 724 new coronavirus infections in Sicily according to today’s bulletin, July 30 . 4 other deaths have also been recorded. 13,233 swabs processed in the last 24 hours on the island, where the current positives rise to 9,995. The island is third in Italy for new daily infections after Veneto and Lazio. In just one day the healed 200, 6,043 deaths since the beginning of the health emergency. Of the current positives, 268 patients are hospitalized with symptoms, while 30 patients are in intensive care. i: 177 in Palermo, 112 in Catania, 141 in Messina, none in Ragusa, 73 in Trapani, 29 in Syracuse, 88 in Caltanissetta, 94 in Agrigento and 10 in Enna.