Covid today Italy, Civil Protection and regional contagion bulletin 18 August

Today’s Covid Italy bulletin, Wednesday 18 August 2021, with data and news from the Civil Protection – region by region – on infections, hospitalizations, deaths from Lombardy, Tuscany, Veneto, Lazio, Campania and Sicily, which risks the yellow zone as the Sardinia. The numbers in the regions and cities: from Rome to Milan, from Naples to Turin. The data: APULIA There are 358 coronavirus infections in Puglia today, August 18, 2021, according to data from the region’s bulletin. Since yesterday, another 2 deaths have been recorded, bringing the total number of victims since the beginning of the covid-19 emergency to 6,686. New cases were identified on 14,554 tests. Currently positive people are 4,321. There are 140 patients hospitalized for covid in the non-critical area. There are 23, however, people in intensive care. “The new cases registered in Tuscany are 675 out of 14,774 tests, of which 9,715 molecular swabs and 5,059 rapid tests. The rate of new positives is 4.57% (10.3% on the first diagnoses)”, writes Giani, adding that vaccines currently administered are 4,578,184.