Covid today Italy, 5,664 infections and 19 deaths: August 15th bulletin

There are 5,664 new coronavirus infections in Italy today, Sunday 15 August 2021, according to data – region by region – of the Civil Protection bulletin. Another 19 deaths have been recorded since yesterday, bringing the total deaths since the beginning of the emergency linked to covid-19 to 128,432. In the last 24 hours 160,870 swabs were performed, the positivity rate is 3.5%. 3,162 people are hospitalized with symptoms (+61 compared to yesterday), while 384 patients are in intensive care, with 29 admissions a day. THE DATA OF THE REGIONILAZIO – There are 467 new coronavirus infections in Lazio according to the data of the bulletin today, August 15, 2021. One death has been recorded in the last 24 hours. “” Today there are 467 new positive cases, including recoveries (-116), one death, including recoveries (-4), hospitalized patients are 456 (+2), intensive care is 67. Cases in Rome city are at quota 217 “, announces in a note the Councilor for Health of the Lazio Region, Alessio D’Amato.” In the provinces there are 111 new cases – says D’Amato -. In the Asl of Frosinone there are 58 new cases and it deals with isolated cases at home or with family link or contact of an already known case. 0 deaths are recorded. In the ASL of Latina there are 24 new cases and they are isolated cases at home or with family link or contact of a case already known. There are 0 deaths. In the Asl of Rieti there are 11 new cases and it is an isolated case at home or with a family link or contact of a case already known. 0 deaths are recorded. In the Asl of Viterbo there are 18 new cases and these are isolated cases at home or with family link or contact of a case already known or. There are 0 deaths. ”Currently, the positives in Lazio are 18,530. 456 people are hospitalized in a non-critical area, while 67 patients are in intensive care. There have been 8,441 deaths in the region since the start of the covid-19 pandemic.TUSCANY – There are 725 new coronavirus infections in Tuscany according to data from today’s bulletin, 15 August 2021, anticipated on social networks by the president of the region Eugenio Giani. “The new cases registered in Tuscany are 725 out of 12,231 tests of which 8,637 molecular swabs and 3,594 rapid tests. The rate of new positives is 5.93% (13.8% on the first diagnoses)”, explains Giani. As for the anti covid vaccines, currently 4,507,251 have been administered.PUGLIA – There are 184 new coronavirus infections in Puglia according to data from the bulletin today, 15 August. There has been one death in the past 24 hours. 11,910 tests have been performed since yesterday. The new cases are distributed as follows: province Bat 48, Bari 46, Lecce 41, Foggia 31, Brindisi 8, Taranto 7, residents outside the region 3. Currently the positives in Puglia are 4,208: of these, 128 are people hospitalized in the area non-critical and 22 ICU patients. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Puglia, 259,682 cases and 6,682 deaths have been recorded. SARDINIA – There are 275 new coronavirus infections in Sardinia according to data from today’s bulletin, 15 August 2021. Since yesterday, another 5 deaths have been recorded. A total of 2741 swabs were processed, including molecular and antigenic. 2,231 people were tested. There are 21 patients admitted to intensive care units (the same number as yesterday). There are 134 patients hospitalized in the medical area (+3 compared to yesterday), while there are 7,135 cases of home isolation (+ 34) .EMILIA ROMAGNA – There are 551 new coronavirus infections in Emilia Romagna according to today’s bulletin data, August 15. There has been one death in the past 24 hours. In total, there have been 13,300 deaths in the region since the start of the epidemic. Since yesterday, 19,816 swabs have been performed (2.7%). The average age of new positives today is 34.4 years. The contagion situation in the provinces sees Rimini with 98 new cases and then Bologna (85) and Modena (79). Parma (73) and Reggio Emilia (69) follow; then Ferrara (34), Ravenna (34) and Piacenza (33). Then Forlì (23), Cesena (18), the Imola district (5). In the last 24 hours, 6,678 molecular swabs were performed, for a total of 5,373,255. To these are also added 13,138 rapid swabs.As for the total people healed, they are 382 more than yesterday and reach 376,702. The active cases, that is the actual patients, to date are 13,148 (+168 compared to yesterday). Of these, people in isolation at home are a total of 12,787 (+160), 97% of the total number of active cases. There are 35 patients admitted to intensive care (-3 compared to yesterday), 326 those in the other Covid departments (+11). On the territory, patients admitted to intensive care are distributed as follows: 3 in Parma (unchanged compared to yesterday), 2 in Reggio Emilia (-1), 9 in Modena (unchanged), 9 in Bologna (-2), 2 in Imola (unchanged), 7 in Ferrara (unchanged), 1 in Ravenna (unchanged), 2 in Rimini (unchanged). No hospitalization in Piacenza, Forlì and Cesena, while the anti-Covid vaccination campaign continues, extended to all citizens over 12 years of age. At 2 pm a total of 5,475,370 doses were administered; out of the total, 2,518,487 people have completed the vaccination cycle.