Covid: in Italy Rt stable at 0.92, incidence down
Intensive and hospitalizations are decreasingThe Rt contagion index based on symptomatic cases of Covid-19 in the period 24 August-7 September is substantially stable at 0.92 (range 0.88-0.97), compared to the previous week.
The transmissibility index calculated on hospitalizations decreased slightly to 0.81 (from 0.88).
The weekly incidence , nationwide, drops to 186 per 100,000 inhabitants (period 9-15 September) from 197 (period 2-8 September).
Thus the data of the weekly ISS-Ministry of Health monitoring on the progress of the coronavirus epidemic.
The admissions for Covid-19 in intensive care are down to 1.4% (daily survey as of September 15) compared to 1.9% in the previous week, also admissions in ordinary wards , which from 6.5 % (figure 8 September) pass to 5.7% (figure 15 September).
(Unioneonline / vl)