COVID-19 contagion slowly falling says GIMBE

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 14 - COVID-19 contagion is slowing falling in Italy, with a drop of 6.5% in the number of new cases in the April 6-12 period with respect to the previous week, the GIMBE independent medical foundation said in its weekly coronavirus monitoring report on Thursday.
    It said COVID-linked deaths were down 11.4% in the week in question, while intensive-care admissions were down 1.7% and admissions to ordinary hospital wards dropped 0.4%.
    GIMBE President Nino Cartabellotta said the figures suggest that the pandemic is in a "phase of plateau" in Italy, while stressing that the level of contagion is still high, with around 60,000 new cases a day and around 1.2 million people positive for the virus at the moment.
    Cartabellotta said it was "indispensable" to avoid crowds forming and to keep using facemasks in enclosed spaces. (ANSA).