COVID-19 contagion is slowing falling
in Italy, with a drop of 6.5% in the number of new cases in the
April 6-12 period with respect to the previous week, the GIMBE
independent medical foundation said in its weekly coronavirus
monitoring report on Thursday.
It said COVID-linked deaths were down 11.4% in the week in
question, while intensive-care admissions were down 1.7% and
admissions to ordinary hospital wards dropped 0.4%.
GIMBE President Nino Cartabellotta said the figures suggest that
the pandemic is in a "phase of plateau" in Italy, while
stressing that the level of contagion is still high, with around
60,000 new cases a day and around 1.2 million people positive
for the virus at the moment.
Cartabellotta said it was "indispensable" to avoid crowds
forming and to keep using facemasks in enclosed spaces.
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