The bulletin 16,806 new cases and 72 deaths. Positive rate of 2.5%

from Paola Caruso

The data for Thursday 2 December. The current total positives, as on June 4th, are above the threshold of 200,000. The positivity rate was 2.5% with 679,462 swabs. Admissions: +50. Intensive care: +12

I am 16.806
the new cases of coronavirus in Italy (yesterday there were 15,085, here the bulletin). It goes up like this at least 5,060,430
the number of people who have contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus (including recovered and died) since the outbreak began. THE deaths today I’m 72
(yesterday there were 103), for a total of 134,003 victims from February 2020.

People recovered or discharged they are altogether 4,717,556 And 7,650 those that came out of the Covid nightmare today (9,457 yesterday). The positive current – the subjects who have the virus – turn out to be in all 208,871, equal to +9.088 compared to yesterday (+5,513 the day before), and exceed 200,000: a figure like this, over 200,000, had not been there since June 4, when the epidemic was slowing down, while now it is not.

The swabs and the scenario

THE total swabs (molecular and antigenic) were 679.462, or 105,687 more than yesterday when it was 573,775. While the positive rate 2.5% (the approximation of 2.47%); yesterday it was 2.6%. Here is the map of the contagion in Italy.

More infections in 24 hours than yesterday. The curve is expected to be at the weekly peak of its swing: last week its highest point occurred on Thursday 25 November, when they were recorded. 13,764 new cases with a 2.1% rate. And the trend remains on the rise, as shown by the comparison with the data of 25 November (the same day last week).

For six consecutive weeks – declared Nino Cartabellotta, president of Gimbe – new weekly cases have continued to increase with a daily average more than fivefold: from 2,456 on October 15th to 12,345 on November 30th. According to the monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation, all parameters are growing on a weekly basis (November 24-30): + 25.1% new cases compared to the week before (it was + 27% in the previous report), + 14% deaths ( was + 8.7%), + 13.7% hospitalizations (was + 15.8%) and + 22% patients in intensive care (was + 16.4%).

The health system

The increase in hospitalizations continues in every area. The beds occupied in ordinary Covid wards I’m +50 (yesterday +21), for a total of 5,298 hospitalized. The beds occupied in intensive care (TI) are +12 (yesterday +3) – this is the balance between the people who left and those who entered ICU -, bringing the total of the most seriously ill patients to 698, with 55 admissions to resuscitation (yesterday 62).

The cases region by region

The data provided below, and broken down by region, is that of total cases (number of people found positive since the beginning of the epidemic: includes deaths and recovered). The variation indicates the number of new cases registered in the last 24 hours. Here the table with the overall data provided by the Ministry of Health.

Lombardy 937.667: +2.680 cases (yesterday +2.503)
Veneto 522.687: +2.873 cases (yesterday +2.656)
Campania 493.017: +1.271 cases (yesterday +1.087)
Emilia Romagna 458.504: +1.464 cases (yesterday +1.117)
Lazio 427.019: +1.810 cases (yesterday +1.638)
Piedmont 401.394: +1.204 cases (yesterday +902)
Sicily 325.626: +662 cases (yesterday +729)
Tuscany 302.670: +615 cases (yesterday +559)
Puglia 280.056: +305 cases (yesterday +367)
Friuli Venezia Giulia 132.539: +770 cases (yesterday +746)
Marche 124.773: +439 cases (yesterday +475)
Liguria 123.548: +600 cases (yesterday +549)
Calabria 93,591: +369 cases (yesterday +286)
PA Bolzano 89.347: +717 cases (yesterday +677)
Abruzzo 88.379: +485 cases (yesterday +243)
Sardinia 79.160: +154 cases (yesterday +145)
Umbria 67.732: +103 cases (yesterday +116)
PA Trento 52,489: +189 cases (yesterday +188)
Basilicata 31.656: +38 cases (yesterday +46)
Molise 15.255: +19 cases (yesterday +27)
Valle d’Aosta 13.321: +99 cases (yesterday +29)

Deaths region by region

The figure provided below, and broken down by region, is that of the total deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. The variation indicates the number of new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.

Lombardy 34,413: +17 deaths (yesterday +24)
Veneto 11,983: +6 deaths (yesterday +14)
Campania 8,238: +5 deaths (yesterday +4)
Emilia Romagna 13,803: +6 deaths (yesterday +6)
Lazio 8,996: +4 deaths (yesterday +8)
Piedmont 11,895: +2 deaths (yesterday +4)
Sicily 7,218: +4 deaths (yesterday +9)
Tuscany 7,415: +6 deaths (yesterday +7)
Puglia 6,889: +3 deaths (yesterday +3)
Friuli Venezia Giulia 3,997: +7 deaths (yesterday +7)
Marche 3.154: +2 death (yesterday no new deaths)
Liguria 4,468: no new deaths (yesterday +3)
Calabria 1,503: +2 deaths (yesterday +2)
PA Bolzano 1.245: +4 deaths (yesterday +1)
Abruzzo 2,595: no new deaths (yesterday +4)
Sardinia 1,697: no new deaths (yesterday +2)
Umbria 1,492: +2 deaths (yesterday +3)
PA Trento 1.392: +2 deaths (yesterday +3)
Basilicata 627: no new deaths for the third day in a row
Molise 504: no new deaths for the fourth day in a row
Valle d’Aosta 479: no new deaths since November 26