There are 2.843 new cases of covid that have emerged in the last 24 hours in Campania (of which 405 cases identified by rapid antigen tests).
Of the 2.843 new positives, 206 were symptomatic. The swabs analyzed today are 25.527 (of which 5.038 antigenic). The percentage of positive swabs on the total swabs analyzed is 11,13%. The total number of positives in Campania since the beginning of the emergency is 282.661 (of which 8.054 antigenic), the total number of swabs processed is 3.066.706 (of which 132.169 antigenic).
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Today's bulletin released by the Campania Region Crisis Unit includes 24 new deaths, 17 of which occurred in the last 48 hours and 7 occurred previously, but recorded yesterday. The total number of deaths in Campania since the beginning of the pandemic is 4.451. There are 596 new recoveries; the total number of recoveries is 190.777.
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“In relation to requests for clarification on the reasons for extending the red zone to the entire region, including internal areas with a lower epidemic index, it is specified that the classification of the entire region in the red zone was ordered by order of the Minister of Health based on parameters adopted at the national level and applied for the individual regions, without sub-regional differentiations”. This is what Italo Giulivo, head of the Campania Crisis Unit, specifies in a note. ”
Furthermore, as we have repeatedly argued, the application of rigorous measures even in areas that have lower contagion rates than others, responds to a useful preventive action so that the spread is countered before interventions that are adopted late, also in consideration of the greater transmissibility of the variants", he underlines.
Article published on March 6, 2021 - 17pm