Italy reported 153 more deaths and 30.798 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the totals to 135.931 and 5.436.143 respectively, the Ministry of Health this Tuesday (21).
The number of infections is the highest since November 21, 2020, exactly 13 months ago, when there were 34.767. The number of deaths is the highest since May 27th of this year (171).
Today, only the region of Piemonte recorded 3.218 positive cases, the highest number since November 27 of last year, when there were 3.149. Lombardy, in turn, had 8 infections.
Between yesterday and today, 851.865 tests were carried out to detect Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 3,6%. According to the Ministry of Health, there are 1.012 patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and 8.381 people with symptoms hospitalized in wards.
The bulletin also informs that Italy also has 384.144 active cases and 4.916.068 people recovered from the disease. So far, more than 85% of the adult population is fully vaccinated, while almost 92 children have been immunized after the start of the children's campaign.
“Today we have almost 92 thousand children vaccinated after the start of the campaign. I think it is a fact that should be welcomed with absolute pleasure and confirms the sensitivity of parents in offering protection to their children's health”, celebrated Franco Locatelli, president of the Superior Health Council and coordinator of the Technical-Scientific Committee.
For Locatelli, “vaccination in pediatric age is safe and allows protection both in terms of the risk, albeit low, of developing a serious disease, and in protecting children from developing a rare condition, which is called multiple inflammatory disease. systemic, and above all, it allows protecting educational spaces by guaranteeing face-to-face classes and socialization”.
Due to the recent rise in pandemic numbers in Italy, several cities and regions anticipated national decisions and announced a series of restrictions to avoid crowds during the holiday season, at a time when the Ômicron variant is spreading. (HANDLE)
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