Covid, asymptomatics increase even if the virus circulates less

Although the pandemic situation is definitely under control, experts say that asymptomatic people infected with Covid-19 are on the rise. According to estimates, for three people with Covid-19 pneumonia there are 97 others positive for the virus, but who have no symptoms. Meanwhile, the ministerial reports confirm the descending curve of infections in our country.

According to data released by the Ministry of Health, they registered in the last 24 hours 4.147 new positive cases (yesterday 3.937). The new deaths are 171 (yesterday 121). The discharged healed today are 10.808 (yesterday 11.930); altogether the positive cases are 253.193, 6.836 cheaper than yesterday. The molecular and antigenic swabs carried out in the last 24 hours are 243.967 (yesterday 260.962). In the intensive care units they are hospitalized 1.206 Covid patients (yesterday 1.278) while in home isolation they still remain 244.280 people infected with the virus (250.633 yesterday).

Covid, asymptomatic infected people are on the rise

“Some of these cases are diagnosed, others circulate freely. With vaccines, the base of infected subjects certainly decreases, but in percentage terms the number of asymptomatic patients increases. Precisely for this reason, despite the heat the numbers drop and despite the vaccination campaign, compliance with behavioral rules remains essential even during the summer ". Thus the virologist Paolo Fazii, director of the laboratory of the Pescara Local Health Authority and member of the Abruzzo Regional Technical Scientific Group (GTSR).

 “Vaccination - underlines the expert - must not be an alibi. With the vaccine you can be a carrier of the virus without developing the disease or you can get mildly ill, but you are still contagious. Although the available data does not yet give us an idea of ​​the numbers, studies show that there is a limited group of subjects who, even if vaccinated, become infected. In practice, they are infected for fewer days than people without vaccination coverage. Consequently, in percentage terms, the asymptomatic may be more than before, even if the virus circulates less ".