2021 ends with a bang: 126,888 the increase in contagion, on the always impressive figure of swabs (1,150,352), which brings the incidence to 11%. There are five Regions that exceed ten thousand, first of all the Lombardy, almost 40 thousand cases more. There are also many deaths, 156, intensive care increased by 41 and ordinary wards by 288. Pope francesco he decided to do not visit tomorrow afternoon the nativity scene in St. Peter’s square, just to avoid gatherings.

Consequently, cases of contagion almost doubled in one day Emilia Romagna, 7,088 out of almost 58 thousand swabs (incidence 12.2%). Low average age of new positives, 36 and a half years. Intensive care has increased by 8 and by 29 in the other departments, above all they are registered 20 deaths: three also in Rimini, including a 56-year-old man (and an 86-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man). In the whole province they are 904 more cases (592 symptoms). Even in the Marche in the last week there has been an increase in infections of 23.4%, with the incidence per 100 thousand inhabitants now at 464.

And while in Austria there is discussion about a premium of 500 euros, in the form of a spending bonus, for those who receive the booster dose, in Israel there are almost 4 thousand cases in 24 hours, the highest number in the last 3 months. On the other hand, the data on patients remained stable. In the country there is also a case of “Flurone”: a ‘contemporary influenza and Covid infection. It is a woman in labor who was not vaccinated against either virus. And given the record of infections in the United Kingdom, over 180 thousand, Eurotunnel announced it stop in transit for the British to reach France.