“The incidence of new cases identified and reported with Sars-CoV-2 infection in Italy is essentially stable and stands at very low levels. The impact on hospitals is stable and limited”. So the experts in weekly Covid monitoring by the ISS-Ministry of Health control room relating to data as of 5 June where the occupancy of beds in the medical area is equal to 1.0%, “stable compared to the previous week (1.0% on May 29)”, we read in the report. The occupancy of intensive care beds was also stable, at 0.3%. The transmissibility index (Rt) “calculated with data updated to 5 June and based on cases with hospitalization, as of 28 May was equal to the epidemic threshold, equal to 1.0), a slight increase compared to the previous week (0, 93”, monitoring continues.
The weekly incidence (30 May – 5 June) of diagnosed and reported cases “is stable in almost all regions and autonomous provinces compared to the previous week”. The highest incidence “was reported in the Lazio region (5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) and the lowest in Marche, Molise and in the autonomous province of Bolzano, where no new cases were reported in the week of observation”, specifies the reports.
