COVID paitents currently occupy some
42% of Italy's intensive care beds, 12% over the critical
threshold of 30%, the Agenas monitoring system said Wednesday.
This is now the case in 17 of Italy's 21 regions, it said.
A week ago only 10 regions were over the threshold.
Overall, some 51% of all hospital beds are occupied by COVID
patients nationwide, compared to a threshold of 40%.
This is now the case in 15 regions, compared to 12 a week ago,
Agenas said.
The regions above the 30% threshold for intensive care beds are:
Abruzzo (37%), Basilicata (33%), Calabria (34%, up from 13% a
week ago), Campania (34%), Emilia Romagna (35%), Lazio (32%),
Liguria (53%), Lombardy (64%), Marche (45%), P.A. Bolzano (57%),
P.A. Trento (39%), Piedmont (61%), Puglia (41%), Sardinia (37%),
Tuscany (47%), Umbria (55%), and Valle d'Aosta (46%), while
Sicily is at the 30% threshold.
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