The number of new Covid cases has risen slightly in Italy in the last week monitored by the Ministry of Health-Istituto Superiore di Sanità. But the numbers remain very low and the impact of the virus on hospitals remains limited and stable. This is the picture that emerges regarding the progress of Sars-CoV-2. In the period from 6 to 12 June the incidence of diagnosed and reported Covid cases was equal to 3.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, for experts it is a situation “substantially stable compared to the previous week”, when the incidence was slightly lower, at 2.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (30 May-5 June). The data shown in the monitoring report graph is 1,807 cases recorded in the last 7 days considered, 50 more than the week before.
As regards hospitals, as of 12 June the occupancy of beds in the medical area was 1% (641 hospitalised), stable compared to the previous week (0.9% as of 5 June). The occupancy of intensive care beds was also stable, equal to 0.3% (29 hospitalized), as in the previous week. Hospitalization and mortality rates are higher in the higher age groups (in the 80-89 and over 90 age groups, hospitalization rates are equal to 12 and 11 per 1,000,000 inhabitants and mortality rates are equal to 1/1,000 .000 in the 70-79, 80-89 and over 90 ranges). An element that is reported in the report is that “no new admissions to intensive care were recorded in the week of observation”.
The Rt transmissibility index for Covid, calculated with data updated to 12 June 2024 and based on cases with hospitalization, as of 4 June was equal to 1.07 (0.89-1.27), “substantially stable compared to the previous week”, when it was at 1 (0.81-1.21, calculated as of May 28). The weekly incidence of diagnosed and reported cases “is stable in almost all regions and autonomous provinces compared to the previous week”. The highest was reported in Lazio (6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) and the lowest in Marche, where no new cases were reported in the week of observation. The age groups that record the highest weekly incidence rate are 70-79 years, 80-89 and over 90 years. The trend of Covid is stable in most age groups and the median age at diagnosis is 63, stable compared to the previous week. The percentage of reinfections is around 44%, this figure is also “stable compared to the previous week”. As regards the Covid variants circulating in Italy, “in consideration of the current epidemiological situation and the consequent reduced number of sequenced samples” present in the databases, “the prevalence estimates of the variants will be provided on a monthly rather than weekly basis”.
