Rome, August 31 (Prensa Latina) Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy, 320,000 caregivers have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the disease and 90 have died, an official said today Report.
The report prepared by the National Federation of Nursing Professions of this country (Fnopi), published this Wednesday in the newspaper La Repubblica, indicates that in Italy this is the health sector where there is a greater number of cases due to its proximity to the gives patients.
In the analysis, conducted on the basis of data provided by the National Institute for Insurance against Occupational Injuries since January 30, 2020 (when the outbreak began in the country), it shows that on average about 15,000 nurses each month contract the Covid – 19, and the number sometimes reaches up to about 28,000.
Typically, the source said, the disease is currently occurring with low severity among these health professionals, as the vast majority are already vaccinated and deaths mostly occurred in the early months of the pandemic, when there was no vaccine. .
This Wednesday, the Italian Ministry of Health reported 21,817 people infected in the last 24 hours, down from the 31,088 registered the previous day, while the number of deaths fell slightly from 98 to 90.
167,495 tests were performed with a positivity rate of 13 percent, lower than Tuesday when it rose to 14.9 percent after 208,996 tests performed.
213 patients remain in ICU, 13 fewer than reported in the previous part, and admissions to regular wards increased from 5,427 to 5,091.
In Italy, with a population of almost 60 million, a total of 21 million 867,757 people became infected during the 31 months of the pandemic, of which 21 million 46,229 recovered and 175,595 died.
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