Data for Tuesday 21 December. The number of new infections is the highest in 2021, with the absolute record of swabs, equal to 851,865 tests. The positive rate 3.6%
I am 30.798
the new cases of coronavirus in Italy (yesterday there were 16,213, here the bulletin). It goes up like this at least 5,436,143
the number of people who have contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus (including recovered and died) since the outbreak began. THE deaths today I am 153
(yesterday there were 137), for a total of 135,931 victims from February 2020.
People recovered or discharged they are altogether 4,916,068 And 16.189 those that came out of the Covid nightmare today (8,640 yesterday). The positive current – the subjects who have the virus – turn out to be in everything 384.144, equal to +14.441 compared to yesterday (+7,428 the day before).
The swabs and the scenario
THE total swabs (molecular and antigenic) were 851.865, or 514,643 more than yesterday when it was 337,222. While the positive rate 3.6% (the approximation of 3.61%); yesterday it was 4.8%. Here is the map of the contagion in Italy.
More infections in 24 hours than yesterday. This is the highest new case figure of 2021, which thus exceeds the previous peak of +28,682 cases, dated December 17. To see a similar number you have to go back to November 21, 2020. The increase also due to absolute record of tampons: never before today had over 800,000 analyzes been processed in one day (the previous record of 776,000 analyzes on 14 December). This is enough to understand that the trend of the sharp uphill curve.
We must evaluate and observe the picture of the epidemic, but at the moment our situation is better than that of other European countries and it is due to the more than 46 million fellow citizens who have understood the importance of vaccines, said the Undersecretary for Health, Andrea Costa, speaking online on the tour of Tgcom. Adding: The conditions must be created to avoid deaths and occupancy of hospital beds.
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