Covid today Italy, Civil Protection bulletin and regional contagions 22 August

Today’s Covid Italy bulletin, Sunday 22 August 2021, with data and news from the Civil Protection – region by region – on infections, hospitalizations, deaths. The numbers from Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Lazio and Campania, while the spread of the delta variant remains closely monitored in the country. The situation in Sicily and Sardinia and in large cities such as Rome, Milan and Naples. The point about vaccines after the introduction of the mandatory green pass. The data of the regions: TUSCANY There are 594 new coronavirus infections in Tuscany according to the data of today’s bulletin, August 22, anticipated by the president of the Region Eugenio Giani on social networks. “The new cases registered in Tuscany are 594 out of 11,913 tests of which 7,783 molecular swabs and 4,130 rapid tests. The rate of new positives is 4.99% (12.1% on the first diagnoses)”, says Giani. The Tuscan governor also takes stock of vaccines, explaining that currently 4,667,071 have been administered. There are a total of 266,351 cases of coronavirus positivity since the beginning of the health emergency in Tuscany. The average age of the 594 new positives is approximately 37 years. The current positives are 12,265 today, stable compared to yesterday. The hospitalized are 392 (18 more than yesterday), of which 43 in intensive care (2 more). There has been one death in the past 24 hours. The healed grew by 0.2% and reached 247,111 (92.8% of total cases). There are 73,797 total cases to date in Florence (158 more than yesterday), 24,283 in Prato (28 more), 24,894 in Pistoia (51 more), 14,165 in Massa (26 more), 27,508 in Lucca (74 more), 31,700 in Pisa (66 more), 19,637 in Livorno (51 more), 24,520 in Arezzo (71 more) plus), 15,041 in Siena (42 more), 10,251 in Grosseto (27 more). 555 positive cases have been reported in Tuscany, but residing in other regions PUGLIA There are 261 new coronavirus infections in Puglia according to data from today’s bulletin, 22 August 2021. There are 3 deaths in the last 24 hours. Since yesterday, 12,626 swabs have been performed. These are the new cases by province: Bari 46, Bat 78, Brindisi 30, Foggia 31, Lecce 66, Taranto 5, residents outside region 2, in definition 3. In Puglia there are 4,625 people currently positive: of these, 175 are hospitalized in non-critical area and 22 in intensive care. Since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, 261,497 total cases and 6,694 deaths have been recorded in the region.