COVID-19 Rt transmission no, incidence down again

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 4 - Italy's COVID-19 Rt transmission number and case incidence have remained in a downward trend, the weekly coronavirus monitoring report of the health ministry and the Higher Health Institute (ISS) said on Friday.
    It said the incidence for the October 28-November 3 period was 283 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants, down from 374 the previous week.
    It said the Rt number had fallen to 0.95 from 1.11 last week, taking it below the threshold of 1 that indicates whether the epidemic is in a phase of expansion or contraction.
    The proportion of ordinary-ward hospital beds taken up by coronavirus sufferers dropped from 10.8% on October 27 to 10.4% on November 3.
    However, the proportion of intensive-care places taken up by COVID patients increased from 2.2% to 2.4% over the same period.
    The report said four regions were on or above the 15% alert threshold for the proportion of ordinary-ward beds occupied by COVID sufferers - Umbria (33.5%), Valle d'Aosta (20.9%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (17%) and Liguria (15%). (ANSA).