Covid in Italy, new boom in infections

The COVID-19 curve is rising sharply in Italy, with a veritable boom in infections.

In fact, there are 83.555 new cases in the last 24 hours, compared to 24.747 yesterday but above all compared to 62.704 last Tuesday. The swabs processed are 717.400 (yesterday 100.959) with a positivity rate that drops from 24,5% to 11,6%. deaths there are 69 (yesterday 63). The total number of victims since the beginning of the pandemic thus rises to 168.234.

Hospitalizations are increasing: 3 more intensive care units (yesterday +7), which are now 237 in total with 40 daily admissions. And another 162 more are ordinary hospitalizations (yesterday +341) for a total of 6.035. This is what emerges from the SNOW daily newspaper of the Ministry of Health.

The region with the highest number of cases is the Lazio with 11.171 infections, among those with the highest growth, followed by Campania (+ 10.602), Veneto (+ 9.792), Puglia (+7.387), and Sicily (+6.396). Total cases since the beginning of the pandemic reach 18.343.422.

I discharged / healed in the last 24 hours there are 49.493 (yesterday 19.545) for a total that rises to 17.401.738. The currently positive are 34.599 more (yesterday +5.411) for a total that rises to 773.450. Of these, 767.178 are in home isolation.