The epidemiological situation in Italy remains under control until Easter week, which according to all experts will be the real test to understand what kind of wave we will face. the Notice today, Tuesday, April 5, issued by the Ministry of Health issues a report on 88,173 infected, 88,637 healed and 194 dead compared to 588,576 swabs analyzed, with a detected positivity rate of 15% (+0.5 compared to yesterday).
For the national health system, the pressure remains manageable, even if it continues to grow slowly but steadily: The balance sheet is attached today Hospital in normal wards is +5 (currently 10,246 beds are occupied), while those of hospitalizations in ICU is 12 (471) against 57 new signings. In the last 24 hours, the occupancy of the places in the wards in the noncritical area for Covid patients has increased by 1% to 16%, which in any case has nothing to do with the 43% a year ago, a sign that the through Vaccine barrier still holds.
However, in seven regions the number exceeds 20%. Employment in intensive care units, on the other hand, is stable at 5%, compared to 41% a year ago. Meanwhile, WHO continues to keep the attention: “Some countries have managed to make real progress in containing the disease. However, many countries continue to face significant outbreaks. The emergence of Omicron triggered a global broadcast wave whose effects are still being felt.”
