Covid, the contagion curve rises: + 43% in seven days in Sardinia

The curve relating to new cases of Covid-19 in Sadegna rises, growing by over 43% (to be precise, 43.7%) in seven days.

The data comes from the usual weekly monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation: in the week between 15 and 21 December the cases currently positive for Covid-19 in Sardinia rise from 210 to 261 per 100,000 inhabitants and there is an increase in new cases of 43.7 % compared to the previous week, when the increase was 17%.

The incidence in the metropolitan city of Cagliari doubled again for the second week in a row (from 69 to 123), while it remained stable in the Nuorese area (120). Followed by Oristano with 118 per 100 thousand inhabitants, Sassari and South Sardinia with 92.

The number of beds in the medical area (7%) and in intensive care (6%) occupied by Covid patients is below the saturation threshold, even if an increase compared to the previous survey.

IN ITALY - At the national level, infections grow by over 42% (42.3% to be precise) in seven days.

A net increase, equal to 33%, is also recorded in deaths.

On the hospital front, the number of beds occupied by Covid patients is still growing, with + 17% in the medical area and + 17.3% in intensive care.

This is, explains President Gimbe Nino Cartabellotta, "a surge favored also by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, widely underestimated by insufficient sequencing".

VACCINE RUN - In the last week, according to Gimbe, however, the number of vaccine administrations also runs, at 3.7 million.

In particular, there was + 13.8% of new vaccinates, which for about 40% of cases concern the age group 5-11, in which, as of December 21, 108,112 administrations had been reached.

On the other hand, the number of new vaccinated people over 12 years is decreasing.

In the week from 15 to 21 December there are over 250 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants in half of the Italian provinces and new cases are increasing in all regions except the province of Bolzano: ranging from 12.4% in Friuli- Venezia Giulia to 86.3% of Umbria.

(Unioneonline / vl)