Covid infections in Italy, hospitalizations, Delta variant and Omicron: the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, takes stock in his speech at the press conference on the analysis of data from the COVID-19 regional monitoring of the control room.
“The Italian situation sees an increase in the incidence rising to 155 cases in 7 days per 100 thousand inhabitants. We see that even in Europe the color of the maps is darkening “, with” more areas and countries changing color with a higher intensity of traffic. Some countries have particularly significant curves “, while” Italy is in the part where the curves grow more contained “highlights Brusaferro.
The president of the Higher Institute of Health explains that “at the regional level there are some contexts where the circulation and the increase of cases are increasing, particularly in the North-East“.
“The age groups most affected are those under 20 years but also between 20 and 30 years have a higher circulation in the last 7 days. There is an increase in cases in the 12-19 or under 12 age groups. And although to a limited extent there is a need for hospitalization, “says Brusaferro.
“In Italy – he adds – we record a continuous growth in symptomatic cases and hospitalizations”.
As for the variants, “over 99% of the sequences deposited in ICoGen in the last 14 days is attributable to the Delta variant. At the moment there are 7 sequences on the platform that can be traced back to the new one variante Omicron. All these sequences can be traced back to the outbreak reported in recent days in Campania “.
With regard to vaccinations, “the under 20 age group has the lowest vaccination coverage. 50% of the over 80s have completed the third dose and between 30 and 59 years, however, almost 3.5 million Italians have not started the vaccination cycle“highlights the president of the Higher Institute of Health.