Genoa – They are 728 the new positives at Covid in Liguria in the last 24 hours. They emerged from 6,684 swabs (1,740 molecular and 4,944 antigen tests). The positivity rate is 10.89%. There are 324 new cases in the Genoa area, 116 in the Spezzino, 123 in the Imperia area, 113 in the Savona area and 52 in the Tigullio area.
Overall the positives are 1.1871, 157 less than yesterday. The number of hospitalized patients decreased by 19: there are 220 and nine patients in intensive care (two fewer). There were four deaths: a 97-year-old woman and three men between 94 and 75. There are 5311 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. 881 people recovered in the last 24 hours. There are 10,875 people in home isolation, 290 fewer than the day before. In the last 24 hours, 1,592 doses of vaccines were administered, of which 10 were protein.
The data divided by region
The situation in Italy
The infections recorded today in Italy fell from 44,489 to 30,408, with a 1.8% decline in the positivity rate which thus reaches 11.5%. The dead drop from 148 to 136, but there are still many. The situation in hospitals is improving with 19 fewer patients in intensive care and 189 fewer in medical wards.
In Piedmont the infections went from 2,738 to 1,770, while in Lombardy they fell from 6,963 to 4,325. The new cases of Covid-19 recorded in the last 24 hours in Veneto fell from 3,965 to 2,613. The regional bulletin reports 11 victims. The figure for the current official positives falls, which are 45,410 (-1,351); admissions in the medical area rose to 741 (+29), those in intensive care fell to 37 (-2). The new Covid cases of the 24 hours in Tuscany were 1,706 out of 13,809 tests of which 2,111 molecular swabs and 11,698 rapid tests. The new positives rate is 12.35%. Compared to yesterday, all the figures are decreasing. Yesterday there were 2,625 new positives on 18,342 tests including 2,426 molecular swabs and 15,916 rapid tests. The rate of new positives was 14.31%, two percentage points higher than today.
In Lazio there are 2,883 new positives, 1,228 less than yesterday. On the other hand, deaths double to 16, while there are 26 fewer hospitalized in the medical wards and 4 in intensive care. Coronavirus infections are increasing in Emilia-Romagna, as are hospitalizations in intensive care. In the last 24 hours, in fact, 2,835 new cases have been identified against 2,097 of yesterday. There are 34 patients in the intensive care units of the regional hospitals, three more than yesterday. In the other Covid departments, however, the positives are 33 fewer than yesterday. The active cases, or people currently positive, are just under 37 thousand, 97% of them in isolation at home. There are still twelve deaths.
In Campania, the new Covid positives on 22,946 tests examined fell from 5,291 to 3,253. The contagion rate drops to 14.17%, which yesterday was 17.28%. The number of deaths increases, 10 in the last 48 hours. In hospitals, a slight increase in admissions to intensive care units with 37 beds occupied (+ 2 compared to yesterday); while the number of beds occupied in hospitalization fell to 531 (-31 compared to yesterday). Today in Puglia there are 1,888 new cases of contagion from Coronavirus against 3,335 yesterday (incidence of 12%) and nine deaths.
The Covid shelter curve accelerates the descent. In the week, 10-17 May, the total number of hospitalized patients, both in the ordinary wards and in the intensive care units, was reduced by 14.9%: a double decrease compared to that of the period 3-10 May when the decrease had been 7.5%. This is what emerges from the survey of sentinel hospitals of the Italian Federation of Healthcare and Hospitals (Fiaso), which highlights how cases in ordinary wards have been reduced by 15% and in intensive care by 14.8%. In intensive care, the percentage of no vax patients who have contracted severe Covid is 24%.
The decline in pediatric hospitalizations also continues. In the survey of 17 May in the four pediatric hospitals and in the pediatric wards of the hospitals belonging to the Fiaso sentinel network, a 15.9% reduction in Covid patients was observed. Children up to 4 years are still the majority of hospitalized under 18 or 65% of patients (16% are between 0 and 6 months); 19% of hospitalized patients are between 5 and 11 years old, while 16% are between 12 and 18 years old.
Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 after contracting the infection can be the right move to reduce the risk of Long Covid. This is what emerges from a large study conducted in the United Kingdom and published in the British Medical Journal. The researchers’ work began with a recent survey by the UK’s National Statistical Office, which found that 44% of people who contracted the disease still had symptoms a year later, in most of them. cases at levels so intense that their daily activities are limited. However, monitoring of 28,356 adults between the ages of 18 and 69 showed that those who received at least one dose of the vaccine after contracting the infection had a lower risk of developing Long Covid.
In particular, during the monitoring, which lasted seven months (from February to September 2021), 24% of the sample had reported symptoms of Long Covid. However, a more in-depth analysis showed that a first dose of vaccine administered after infection reduced the risk of developing Long Covid symptoms by 13%. A second dose lowered the odds further by 9%. However, more research will be needed for researchers to better understand the relationship between vaccination and Long Covid and the biological mechanisms underlying any improvement in symptoms after vaccination.
Meanwhile, the second tranche of fines aimed at over 50s not vaccinated with anti-Covid serum is on the way. Another 600 thousand fines, which are added to the first 600 thousand of last month, would have been imposed (or are being sent in these days): it is a total of 1 million and 200 thousand penalties so far. A third tranche is expected in the coming weeks. This is what is learned from sources of the Ministry of Health. There would have been several complaints from people who would have specified that they had vaccinated despite the arrival of the fine: in these cases you have 10 days to show the vaccination documentation.
