The Campania region is facing a new wave of Covid-19 cases and hospital managers are asking Governor Vincenzo De Luca to extend the obligation of swabs to all those who access hospital emergency rooms.
This request comes after the circular from the Ministry of Health that made swabs mandatory only for symptomatic patients in Italian hospitals.
The managers, led by Antonio Postiglione of the General Directorate for Health Protection and Coordination of the Regional Health System, wrote a note to the President of the Campania Region and to the general directors of the regional hospitals.
In the note, they refer to the recent ministerial circular that provides indications regarding Covid-19 and ask that stricter measures be adopted, such as the obligation of a swab for all patients who go to the Emergency Room.
The main objective of this request is to prevent a significant increase in infections, especially with the imminent start of the school year. The managers fear that the resumption of school activities could lead to an increase in Covid-19 cases. Therefore, they ask that a diagnostic swab for Sars-Cov-2 infection be arranged for all those who show up at the Emergency Rooms of Campania health facilities.
The less than reassuring news coming from the analysis of data at a national level leads everyone to be cautious. In fact, new cases have grown to 21.309, an increase compared to last week's 14.866 (+44%).
According to the weekly bulletin of the Ministry of Health and the ISS, where it is stated that "the infection remains low although it has been increasing for three weeks". The incidence also rises to 31 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants compared to 24 last week. Slight growth in hospitalizations in the medical area at 3% compared to 2,7% last week with a total of 1.872 beds occupied.
The occupancy of intensive care units is slightly increasing (0,6% compared to 0,4% in the previous survey) where 49 people are hospitalized.
The age group with the highest weekly incidence rate per 100.000 inhabitants is the group of elderly people over 90 years old (69 cases per 100.000 inhabitants), "up compared to the previous week" and "the incidence is also increasing in all other age groups. The median age at diagnosis is 56 years, substantially stable compared to previous weeks". The percentage of reinfections is increasing and around 39%
Article published on 9 September 2023 - 08:25
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