Covid, the number of people admitted to intensive care is growing again

Intensive care patients are increasing. After the progress of the past few weeks, the number of regions that exceeds the alert threshold regarding the places occupied by Covid patients in intensive care. In fact, the national average stands at 30 per cent, but 9 regions exceed this threshold, or 3 more in a week. There is also an increase in the number of regions that exceed the alert threshold of 40 per cent of places in the hospital wards. They are also 9 in this case, one more than a week ago.

The data of theNational Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas) relating to January 6. Meanwhile, according to data published by the Ministry of Health, today the new positives are 18.020 (yesterday 20.331). This in the face of 121.275 swabs made (178.596 yesterday). Since the outbreak of the pandemic until today, there have been deaths in our country 77.291. Furthermore, since the beginning of the pandemic emergency there have been a total of 2.220.361 positive cases to date.

Intensive care patients are increasing

Based on the decree of Minister of Health as of 30 April 2020, the alert threshold for places in intensive care, occupied by Covid patients, was set to be 30 percent. At the national level, according to the latest data, the percentage is exactly on this figure. But there are 9 regions in which it is exceeded: Emilia Romagna (31%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (35%), Lazio (32%), Lombardy (38%), Piedmont (31%), Autonomous Province of Bolzano (35%) ), Autonomous Province of Trento (50%), Puglia (33%) and Veneto (37%).

As regards the places occupied in the 'non-critical' area, i.e. in the medical, pulmonology and infectious diseases departments, the limit threshold has been identified at 40 per cent. At the national level, we are still around 36 per cent, but here too there are 9 regions, one more than a week ago, beyond the threshold. Specifically, they are: Emilia Romagna (44%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (51%), Lazio (44%), Liguria (41%). And, again, Marche (44%), Piedmont (48%), Autonomous Province of Bolzano (44%), Autonomous Province of Trento (59%) and Veneto (44%).