Italy registered 495 COVID-19 deaths
in the January 13-19 period, down by 14.1% on the 576 recorded
the previous week, the GIMBE medical foundation said Monday in
its weekly coronavirus monitoring report.
It said the number of COVID patients in Italian intensive-care
units had fallen by 26.8% in this period and the number of
coronavirus sufferers in ordinary hospital wards had dropped by
22.1%.
The number of new COVID cases stayed on a downward trend in the
period in question, falling by 38.3% from 84,000 to 52,000.
The report said 11.8 people who are elderly or clinically
vulnerable have still not had a fourth dose of a COVID vaccine.
It said 2.5 people eligible for a fifth dose, recommended to the
over-80s, residents in care homes and clinically vulnerable
over-60s, have not had it.
GIMBE called on Health Minister Orazio Schillaci to "update all
the data on the vaccination campaign".
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