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Italy: More than 60% increase in coronavirus cases, reduction in deaths and hospital admissions

There is a rapid increase in coronavirus cases last week in Italy. According to research by the Gimbe Scientific Foundation, infections are 61% higher, while hospital admissions fell by 11.3% and deaths by 35.8%.

According to Nino Kartabelotas, president of the Gimbe Foundation, the increase of cases in fact it can be even greater as it must be borne in mind that the number of daily virus diagnostic tests is steadily declining.

Regarding the intensive care units of the hospitals, in the last seven days – compared to the previous week – the imports patients with covid 19, decreased by 16%.

The Gimbe Foundation’s research, according to the Athens News Agency, also predicts that despite the continuing increase in incidents, the pressure expected to be exerted by the health system infrastructure will be more limited than in the previous two waves of the pandemic.

“The Achilles heel of Italy, of course, continues to be made up of the 4.77 million citizens over the age of 60 who have not yet completed vaccine their circle “, notes the Gimbe Foundation. In fact, 2.2 million of them have not even received the first dose of anti-coronavirus drugs».

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