The coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) contamination rate in Italy is around 0,8 on the R0 scale, a mathematical model capable of calculating the degree of contagiousness of the virus.
The contagion number below 1 indicates that the epidemic is no longer expanding, said the president of Italy's Superior Health Council, Franco Locatelli.
Called the basic reproduction number, or R0, it is used to calculate how many healthy people someone who is sick is capable of infecting. Currently, the contagiousness rate is between 0,83 and 0,78, Locatelli said.
According to him, to maintain these levels and reduce them, Italy needs to employ 5 tools: tracking those infected, use of tests, personal protective equipment, permanence of field hospitals, implementation of the effectiveness of territorial medicine, in addition to the responsibility of each citizen, with social distancing measures.
It is based on the R0 index that health authorities decide to relax restrictive rules against the virus.
This Saturday's bulletin
🟢 44.927 people cured – 2.200 in the last 24 hours.
⚫️ 482 deaths in the last 24 hours – 23.227 in total.
🟠 107.771 people positive for the virus at the moment. 809 positive cases in the last 24 hours.
🔴 175.925 people infected in total since the start of the pandemic. + 3.491 cases in the last 24 hours.
As of this Saturday, Civil Defense stopped holding daily press conferences to release the numbers as it considered that the pressure on hospitals across the country had been significantly reduced.
In total, 175.925 Italians were infected by Covid-19. In the last 24 hours, the country had an increase of 3.491 cases compared to the previous day.
The number of tests today was 61.725 (5,7% positive); yesterday, 65.705 tests were carried out (5,3% positive).
The negative information in the numbers continues to be the number of deaths.
Italy registered 482 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of victims to 23.227, Civil Defense reported this Saturday (18).
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