"The beds reserved for Covid patients are already largely occupied and this means that we need to redefine the Covid plan for our healthcare system."
The President of the Campania Region, Vincenzo De Luca, announced this during the usual Facebook live broadcast on Friday, making it known that a meeting with the general managers will be held in these hours to define a plan A, a plan B and a plan C. "based on the severity and spread of the infection."
At Cardarelli in Naples, at Ruggi in Salerno and at the hospital in Nola there is already 100 percent occupancy of Covid beds, 88% at Cotugno, 94% at Federico II, 100% at the hospital in Caserta
And as can be seen from the bulletin of the regional crisis unit in Campania, the growth of Covid cases does not stop. In fact, there were 10.699 positive cases out of 30.626 tests, with a positivity rate of 34,93% compared to 32,9 yesterday.
Hospitalizations in intensive care increased from 27 to 29, those in ordinary wards recorded a leap from 453 to 481. Two more victims, one in the last 48 hours and one that occurred previously but was only recorded yesterday.
As of June 30, 2021, there were 120 positive cases of Covid in Campania, as of the same date in 2022, there were 10 positive cases. As of today, there are 10.700 positive cases out of 30 swabs. The president of the Campania Region wanted to remember Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca,,
Which also reported the data on hospitalizations: a year ago there were 218 ordinary hospitalizations, today there are 453; in 2021 the occupied intensive care units were 20, today 27; in home isolation there were 7800 citizens, today 110 thousand.
“This plan – added De Luca – must be defined in the next few hours, we must be ready for any eventuality to give serenity to citizens: we cannot approve the measures in September, we must be ready from today”.
According to the numbers reported, in Campania hospitals there are currently 770 beds reserved for Covid patients and 76 intensive care beds for Covid patients, the occupancy rates are 60 percent for hospital admissions and 40 for intensive care. But in some situations, 100% bed occupancy has already been reached or is approaching.
Article published on 1 July 2022 - 17:38
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