Covid, infections on the rise in Sardinia: + 18.4% in the last week
The highest incidence in the Oristano area, but the greatest weekly increase is recorded in the province of Sassari
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Covid infections are also growing in Sardinia .
According to the Gimbe weekly report, the new cases in the last week increased by 18.4% compared to the previous one, however this is the smallest increase among all the Italian regions. Again in the week from 28 September to 4 October, a deteriorating performance was also recorded for the currently positive per 100 thousand inhabitants, which are 306.
The most consistent increase in infections is found in Northern Sardinia, but the highest weekly incidence is recorded in the province of Oristano .
These are the data province by province: in Oristano the incidence is 267 (+ 17% compared to the previous week), in Nuoro 230 (+ 17.2%), in Cagliari 230 (+ 9%), in South Sardinia 175 (+ 24.3%), 163 in Sassari (+ 29.1%).
The occupancy of beds both in intensive care (0.5%) and in the medical area (3.8%) remains below the national average.
THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
The percentage of the population over the age of 5 that has not received any dose of vaccine is 10.4% , slightly higher than the Italian average of 10.1%. It rises to 12.5% if we consider those who have not received the third dose.
The coverage rate with fourth dose is very low, just 12.6% compared to an Italian average of 17.7%.
As for children between 5 and 11 years old , 41.7% completed the vaccination cycle compared to an Italian average of 35.2%. To this must be added a further 4.5% who received only the first dose.
"MASKS AND FOURTH DOSE"
Faced with the resumption of infections that affects all of Italy, the recipe for the president of the Gimbe Foundation Nino Cartabellotta "is always the same, try to limit viral circulation by using masks indoors, especially in very crowded and poorly ventilated places. accelerate with the fourth dose, where we are far behind ”.
“We must emphasize - added Cartabellotta - on the fact that the pandemic is not over , that during the winter there are always unpredictable increases in contagion, with an equally unpredictable impact on hospital services. So the two big actions must be aimed at reducing viral circulation on the one hand, and on the other hand raising the barrier of protection against the frail and the elderly who are the people who are most at risk of going to the hospital, or even leaving us. the life".
(Unioneonline / L)
