Covid, Iss: “Rt rises above epidemic threshold at 1.18”

In the period 14-27 September, Covid’s Rt transmissibility index in Italy rises above the epidemic threshold of 1. “The average Rt calculated on symptomatic cases was equal to 1.18 (range 0.98-1.52) , an increase compared to the previous week and above the threshold value “, reports the Higher Institute of Health. The hospital RT “is increasing and beyond the epidemic threshold”, at “1.28 (1.23-1.32) as of September 27”.