COVID: Hospital occupancy up 1% to 29% in Italy

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 8 - Italy's COVID hospital general ward occupancy rate rose 1% to 29% in the daily update from regional health service agency AGENAS Tuesday.
    On February 7, AGENAS said, the rate rose in eight regions and autonomous provinces (PAs): Calabria (al 35%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (38%), Lazio (33%), Liguria (38%), Molise (+3% to 26%), PA Bolzano (28%), PA Trento (30%), and Piedmont (29%).
    The rate was down in Abruzzo (37%), Lombardy (24%), and Valle d'Aosta (30%).
    It was steady in Basilicata (26%), Campania (30%), Emilia Romagna (27%), Marche (32%),Puglia (26%), Sardinia (23%), Sicily (37%), Tuscany (26%), Umbria (33%), and Veneto (23%).
    The COVID ICU occupancy rate was stable across Italy at 15%, AGENAS added.
    It was down in eight regions: Calabria (al 12%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (23%), Lombardy (11%), Marche (20%), PA Bolzano (11%), PA Trento (-3% to 23%), Piedmont (15%) and Sardinia (15%).
    The occupancy rate in ICUs was up Basilicata (5%), Tuscany (18%), and Umbria (10%).
    It was steady in Abruzzo (19%), Campania (10%), Emilia Romagna (16%), Lazio (21%), Liguria (15%), Molise (8%), Puglia (14%), Sicily (15%), Val d'Aosta (9%), and Veneto (14%). (ANSA).