Covid today Lombardy, 138 infections: August 16 bulletin

There are 138 new coronavirus infections in Lombardy according to data from today’s bulletin, August 16, 2021. There are another 3 deaths in the last 24 hours, leading to 33,860 deaths in the region since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic. Since yesterday 5,960 swabs have been processed, the positivity index is 2.3%. In the ordinary Covid wards 311 people are hospitalized, 3 more than yesterday, while the number of patients in intensive care has dropped by 2, today 40. There are 43 new cases in the metropolitan area of ​​Milan, of which 12 in the capital city. The province of Varese follows with 38 new cases. Lower increase in the other areas of Lombardy: the new positives are 10 in the province of Mantua, 9 in Monza and Brianza, 8 in Lecco, 6 in Pavia, 4 in Bergamo, 3 in Como, 2 in Brescia, 1 in Cremona and Lodi, while there are no new infections in the province of Sondrio.