Covid, Italy almost all yellow kicks off the bathing season

Covid emergency: the bathing season is starting in most of the Italian regions which from Monday will all be in yellow, except for the Val d'Aosta which remains orange. The comforting data of recent weeks on the decline in infections in our country are making Italy gradually return to normal. Between government and State-Regions conference there is still discussion on the cancellation or extension of the curfew hours. As well as evaluating the use of masks for vaccinated people. Topics that will be on the agenda at Monday's control room meeting.

With regard to the evolution of the pandemic emergency, the reports arriving from the regions continue to be very auspicious. According to ministerial data, in the last 24 hours in Italy they registered 6.659 new positive cases (yesterday 7.567). The new deaths are 136 (yesterday 182). The discharged healed today are 13.292 (yesterday 13.782); altogether the positive cases are 332.830, 6776 cheaper than yesterday. They are currently hospitalized in intensive care units 1.805 Covid patients (1.860 yesterday), while in home isolation they still remain 318.532 people infected with the virus (324.696 yesterday). The molecular and antigenic swabs carried out in the last 24 hours are 294.686 (yesterday 298.186).

Bathing season at the starting line and reduction of the risk of infection for the vaccinated

This weekend marks the important start of the bathing season and also the net reduction of the risk of infection in vaccinated people. In fact, according to the studies of the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health, in vaccinated people the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2, hospitalization and death, it gradually decreases after the first two weeks.

From the 35 days of the start of the vaccination cycle there is an 80 percent reduction in infections, 90 percent of hospitalizations and 95 percent of deaths. Both in men and women and in people of different age groups. The data emerge from the first national report on the impact of the anti Covid vaccination by the'Iss and Ministry of Health. This, based on the joint analysis of the national vaccine registry and integrated Covid-19 surveillance. The report presents the data starting from 27 December 2020, the day of the start of the vaccination campaign in Italy, to 3 May 2021. The study looked at 13,7 million vaccinated people.