Today’s bulletin, Sunday 2 January 2022, with the numbers of Covid in Italy, data and news from the Civil Protection and the Ministry of Health – region by region – on coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the country while the Omicron variant is advancing and the daily cases rise. Here are the numbers from Lombardy and Campania, Tuscany and Lazio, Puglia and Sicily. The bulletin of the big cities like Milan, Rome and Naples, the point on the vaccination campaign and the third doses.
TUSCANY
There are 6,367 coronavirus infections in Tuscany today, 2 January 2022, according to numbers and covid data from the region’s bulletin anticipated by Governor Eugenio Giani on Telegram. Also recorded 6 other deaths. “The new cases registered in Tuscany are 6,367 out of 22,513 tests of which 17,957 molecular swabs and 4,556 rapid tests. The rate of new positives is 28.28% (52.6% on the first diagnoses)”, writes Giani, adding that vaccines currently administered in Tuscany are 7,196,388. Of the new positives, 706 are from the rapid antigenic tests.
VENETO
There are 3,816 new coronavirus infections in Veneto according to today’s bulletin, January 2, 2022. There are also another 13 deaths. The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic is 544,602, hospitalized patients are 1,466: 1,264 in ordinary wards, 202 in intensive care.
PUGLIA
There are 3,451 new coronavirus infections in Puglia according to today’s bulletin, January 2, 2022. On the other hand, there are no new deaths. 16,982 daily tests carried out, 30,679 people currently positive. 283 hospitalized in non-critical area, 32 patients in intensive care. As for the overall data, 315,608 total cases in the Region, 5,847,139 tests performed, 277,943 people healed, 6,987 those who died.
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
There are 1,188 new coronavirus infections in Friuli Venezia Giulia according to today’s bulletin, January 2, 2022. In addition, another 3 deaths have been recorded. On 4,282 molecular swabs, 1,143 new infections were detected, with a positive percentage of 26.69%. Furthermore, 1,057 antigenic rapid tests have been carried out, from which 45 cases have been detected. This was announced by the deputy governor of the Region with responsibility for Health Riccardo Riccardi. The total number of victims since the beginning of the pandemic rises to 4,228: the deceased today are two from Trieste, 88 and 68 years old and a 67-year-old man from Rovereto. There are 28 people admitted to intensive care and 298 patients hospitalized in other wards.
LAZIO
There are 7,993 new infections from Coronavirus today 2 January 2022, according to Covid-19 data in the latest bulletin of the Lazio Region. Since yesterday there have been 15 deaths in the region. In the last 24 hours, 24,907 molecular swabs and 11,341 antigenic swabs were processed with a positivity rate of 22%. There are 1,173 hospitalized patients (+19), 152 intensive care units occupied (-1) and +1,058 recovered. The ratio between positives and swabs is 22% while the cases in Rome city are at 4,631. “From tomorrow we will go to the yellow zone” says the regional councilor for health Alessio D’Amato. “We need prudence and respect for the rules and run with the vaccination campaign. We are at 90.5% of second doses over 12 years, the 5-11 age group has exceeded 10% with about 40 thousand administrations, the 12-19 years it is 80% with over 341 thousand administrations. With the third doses we have exceeded 42% of adults with over 2 million administrations performed “.
“In the next week, the arrival of the oral monoclonal antibodies drug is expected – adds D’Amato – the recruitment methods and the prescribing centers are the same as for the infusion antibodies. For schools the main tool is the vaccine and we invite you not to delay administration: the vaccine is the only weapon to allow school activities safely. Contact tracing will be enhanced with the dedicated anti-Covid teams and with the help of 19 teams made available by the commissioner who will go to drive -in specially dedicated “.
“Compared to January 2 of last year, there are 1,619 fewer hospitalizations in the medical area, 163 fewer in intensive care and 9 fewer deaths. Numbers – continues D’Amato – that demonstrate the importance of vaccination. In Lazio, 11 are exceeded. millions of administrations and of these 2 million are booster doses over 42% of the adult population. Over 96% of adults who received the double dose and 90.5% of those over 12 always in double dose “.
EMILIA ROMAGNA
There are 9,090 new infections from Coronavirus today, Sunday 2 January 2022, in Emilia Romagna according to Covid-19 data in the latest bulletin of the Region. Since yesterday 8 people have died in the Region. In the last 24 hours, 17,490 swabs, including molecular and antigenic, were processed, with a positivity rate of 51.9%. The value, explained by the Region, is not indicative of the general trend both for the number of swabs and for the fact that the molecular ones are mainly made on cases for which a positive result is often expected.
The contagion situation in the provinces sees Rimini with 1,682 new cases, followed by Bologna (1,261). Then Ravenna (1,203), Parma (1,012), Modena (931) and Reggio Emilia (815). Then Cesena (691), Ferrara (532), Forlì (525) and Piacenza (283). Finally, the Imolese district with 155 new cases. Since the start of the epidemic, there have been 14,239 deaths in the region.
130 patients are currently hospitalized in intensive care in Emilia-Romagna (+6 compared to yesterday); the average age is 63 years. Of the total, 93 (therefore 72%) are not vaccinated (average age 61.3 years), while 37 are vaccinated with a full cycle (average age 66.8 years). As for the patients admitted to the other Covid departments, they are 1,451 (+92 compared to yesterday), average age 69 years. Compared to the 12,255 new cases recorded yesterday, the growth in infections today recorded a -25.8 (+ 20.5% yesterday), while that of hospitalized in Covid wards a + 6.8% and in intensive care a +4.8 %, again compared to yesterday.