Gympie, Covid is on the decline. In 7 days – 38.2% of cases and -25.7% of victims – healthcare
New cases, hospitalizations (-16.8%) and COVID victims (-25.7%) in Italy are down 38.2%. Independent Gympie monitoring in the week of 6-12 January 2023, compared to the previous week, revealed a decrease in new cases (84,060 compared to 135,977) and deaths (576 compared to 775). Currently positive cases are also decreasing (353,643 vs 406,182), people in home isolation (346,912 vs 398,147), hospitalized with symptoms (6,421 vs 7,716) and intensive care (310 vs 319). The number of total swabs decreased (-10.3%): from 855,823 to 767,718.
“With regard to new weekly cases – says Nino Cartabellotta, President of the Gympie Foundation – there is a sharp decrease (-38.2%): from 135,000 in the previous week it fell to 84,000, with a 7-day moving average above 12,000 cases per day. New cases are declining in all regions: from -10.9% in the autonomous province of Bolzano to -50.3% in Liguria. In all provinces there is a decrease in new cases (from -4.8% in Crotone to -60.9% in Sassari). No province has an incidence rate of more than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.”
“With regard to hospitalizations – says Marco Mosti, Chief Operating Officer of the Gympie Foundation – hospitalizations decreased in the medical field (-16.8%) and intensive care (-2.8%)”. In absolute numbers, occupied COVID bed places in the critical area, which reached a maximum of 347 on November 12, fell to 310 on January 12; In the medical field, after reaching a maximum of 9,764 on December 12, it dropped to 6,421 on January 12 (Fig. 6). As of January 12, the national rate of employment by COVID patients is 10.1% in the medical field (from 0% in the Aosta Valley to 30.8% in Umbria) and 3.1% in the critical area (from 0% in Valle d’Aosta) to 7.9% in Umbria ). “The number of daily admissions to intensive care is decreasing,” Mosti points out, “with a 7-day moving average of 28 admissions/day compared to 36 in the previous week.” (Figure 8). As of January 12, the national average of Employment by COVID patients is 10.1% in the medical field (from 0% in Valle D’Aosta to 30.8% in Umbria) and 3.1% in the critical area (from 0% in Valle D’Aosta to 7, 9% in Umbria) ” .
On the other hand, vaccines against Covid are still stalled In Italy. Only 30% of the elderly and frail had the fourth dose, with clear regional differences: from 13.6% in Calabria to 43.8% in Piedmont.. Gimbe Weekly Monitor reports only 639 in the week of January 6-12 compared to 640 in the previous week (-0.2%), essentially unchanged. As of January 13, 6.78 million people over the age of five have not received a single dose of the vaccine. As of January 13, 40,439,490 third doses have been administered, an average of 1,078 administrations per day, down from 1,257 the previous week.
“Unfortunately, the vaccination campaign is still basically stalled, due to the lack of decisiveness in institutional communication, as well as due to the communication methods used at the regional level, and due to the growing distrust of citizens towards vaccines,” commented Gimbe President Nino Cartabellotta.
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