COVID 19 hospital admissions in Italy
rose 11.1% in the week from November 25 to December 1, while
admissions to ICUs were up 28%, the GIMBE health foundation said
Monday.
Admissions with symptoms increased by 11.1% (845 more, from
7,613 to 8.458), and admissions to intensive care increased by
28% (70 more, from 250 to 320).
In the same period period, there was also a 9.5% increase in
deaths (from 580 to 635, i.e 55 more, 14 of which refer to
previous periods).
Vaccinations against Covid-19 were still in decline in Italy,
both in the first dose (-1.3%) and in the third and the fourth
(which currently has a coverage of 26.9%), while for fifth dose,
there is still no official data; the number of people not
vaccinated in our country are 6.7 million.
New cases of Covid-19 remained substantially stable in the week
between 25 November and December 1 compared to the previous
week, according to the independent monitoring by the Gimbe
Foundation. However "the number of new cases per week is no
longer a reliable indicator of viral circulation, which is
underestimated by at least 50%," notes the Foundation's
president, Nino Cartabellotta The number of positives is not
reliable, he adds, 'both for the widespread use of
'do-it-yourself' swabs, and the failure to test asymptomatic or
low-symptomatic people".
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