COVID: 3rd dose boom, up 52.6% in a week - GIMBE

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 9 - There has been a boom in COVID-19 third vaccine doses over the last week, medical foundation GIMBE said Thursday.
    Italians have had 2.6 million booster jabs in that time, a rise of 52.6%, it said.
    And thanks to the tighter restrictions of the new 'Super Green Pass', GIMBE said, first doses have also accelerated significantly with a 31.7% rise, amounting to 223,000 jabs.
    But infections are also up, GIMBE said.
    New COVID-19 cases were 22.4% over the week, with a 12% rise in deaths, 16.3% in hospital admissions and 13.6% in ICU cases.
    In 52 provinces across Italy the incidence is equal to or higher than 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, GIMBE said. (ANSA).