Covid emergency: infections are increasing, the variants alarm is increasingly pressing and half of Italy risks returning to orange areaAnd. Meanwhile, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health in the last 24 hours they registered 13.762 new positive cases (yesterday 12.074). The victims of today are 347 (yesterday 369).
288.458 swabs were performed and the positivity rate, compared to the new cases, rises to 4,8 per cent. Yesterday it stood at 4,1 percent. To date, overall the Coronavirus positive cases are 384.501, 4.363 less than yesterday; while the discharged or healed are 17.771 (yesterday 16.519). The ICU patients are 2.045; in home isolation they remain 364.493 subjects infected with the virus.
Half of Italy back in the orange zone
With variants that have been around for some time also in Italy and infections showing no sign of waning, almost half of the country risks ending up in orange from Sunday. Furthermore it seems that theAbruzzo it will even be destined in the red zone. Confirmation will come with the publication of the new monitoring data.
Meanwhile, the new executive led by Mario Draghi it is already working to 'streamline' the technical-scientific committee and create a control room for ministers that takes into account not only the regulatory aspect of the measures but, at the same time, also the economic aspect to avoid a new “skiing case”. Also on the table are the new measures that will have to be taken as early as next week when the decree banning movement between regions expires. As you will remember, the decree in question has already been extended for the first time until 25 February.
There is expectation for the next data from the control room
The wait is therefore all aimed at tomorrow, Friday 19 February, when the new monitoring data will be published.Higher Institute of Health. What is worrying is not only the data on infections and hospitalized but also the spread of variants.
Mutations that, according to scientists and experts, should be immediately isolated. According to the data released in Basilicata, the English variant has been identified, already widespread in Lombardy and other regions. Also in Tuscany there would be a case of a Brazilian variant, as already ascertained in Veneto. The outlook is a massive return to the orange zone after only a few weeks in the yellow zone.
