Italy's COVID-19 Rt transmission
number is 0.69, according to the latest weekly coronavirus
monitoring report of the health ministry and the Higher Health
Institute (ISS), substantially stable with respect to 0.68 last
week, sources said Friday.
The COVID-19 incidence, however, stayed on a downward trend,
with 16.7 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 25
cases a week ago, the sources said.
The monitoring report was presented lon Friday after being
examined by the government's 'control room' COVID-19 taskforce.
The proportion of Italy's intensive-care places taken up by
COVID-19 patients is 6%, with the number of coronavirus
sufferers in ICUs down from 688 on June 8 to 504 on June 15.
No region is above the critical threshold of 30%.
The proportion of ordinary hospital-ward beds occupied by COVID
patients at the national level is also 6%, with the number
dropping from 4,685 on June 8 to 3,333 on June 15.
The report said that all of Italy's regions and autonomous
provinces are currently low risk for COVID-19, except for
Basilicata, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Molise, which are
considered moderate risk.
ISS President Silvio Brusaferro said the infection curve was now
among the lowest in the EU and many towns and cities had no
cases.
Brusaferro added that in some regions cases had come from
abroad.
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