Covid Veneto, today 333 infections and 8 deaths: May 19 bulletin

There are 333 coronavirus infections in Veneto today, May 19, according to data from the region’s bulletin released by governor Luca Zaia. Since yesterday, another 8 deaths have been recorded. “The new cases were identified on 34,555 swabs, the incidence is 0.96%: it is a record. We have good data, if we consider that the swabs concern people who have had contact with positives,” says Zaia. “The prevalence of the virus is decreasing strongly and this gives us hope”, adds the president of the region. The positives in Veneto are 13,620. 941 (-18) hospitalized for covid: of these, 828 (-17) are patients in the non-critical area. In the ICU, 113 (-1) people.