Covid in Tuscany: 2 men died in Pisa (average age 75 years), today 8 May. And 1,901 infected
FLORENCE – There are 2 deaths from coronavirus, in Tuscany, today 8 May 2022. These are two men who resided in Pisa, with an average age of 75 years. On the other hand, there are 1901 new infected people (525 confirmed with molecular swab and 1,376 by rapid antigenic test) with an average age of 46 years (18% are less than 20 years old, 17% between 20 and 39 years old, 30% between 40 and 59 years old, 25% between 60 and 79, 8% are 80 or older). In Tuscany there are 1,116,051 positive cases since the beginning of the pandemic. New cases are 0.2% more than the previous day’s total. The healed grow by 0.2% and get a share of 1.06.1% of the total cases. Today 2,881 molecular swabs and 10,771 rapid antigenic swabs were performed, of which 13.9% were positive. On the other hand, 3,061 subjects were tested today (with antigenic and / or molecular swab, excluding the control swabs), of which the result is positive. The current positives are today 44,996, + 0.6% compared to yesterday. There are 501 hospitalized (21 fewer than yesterday), of which 22 in intensive care (1 fewer).
Today, as mentioned, there are 2 new deaths: 2 men, with an average age of 75 years. Regarding the province of residence, the 2 deceased people are in Pisa. 9,929 have died since the beginning of the epidemic as follows: 3,126 in Florence, 825 in Prato, 891 in Pistoia, 648 in Massa Carrara, 928 in Lucca, 1,080 in Pisa, 728 in Livorno, 652 in Arezzo, 530 in Siena, 385 in Grosseto, 136 people died in Tuscany, but they were residents outside the region. The Tuscan raw mortality rate for Covid-19 is 268.9 x100.000 residents against the 277.6 x100.000 of the Italian average (10th region). As for the provinces, the highest mortality rate is found in Massa Carrara (341.3 x100.000), Florence (313.1 x100.000) and Prato (311.0 x100.000), the lowest in Grosseto (176.7 x100.000).
The following are the cases of positivity in the area with the change compared to yesterday (525 confirmed with molecular swab and 1.376 by rapid antigenic test). There are 310,818 total cases to date in Florence (419 more than yesterday), 76,848 in Prato (141 more), 89,668 in Pistoia (169 more), 54,685 in Massa (100 more), 117,080 in Lucca (201 more), 128,029 in Pisa (235 more), 98,931 in Livorno (235 more), 102,101 in Arezzo (150 more), 78,066 in Siena (150 more), 59,270 in Grosseto (101 more). 555 positive cases were reported in Tuscany, but residing in other regions. There are 753 cases found today in the Central Local Health Authority, 747 in the North West, 401 in the South East.
Tuscany is in 7th place in Italy in terms of number of cases (including residents and non-residents), with about 30,222 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (Italian average about 28,307 x100,000, yesterday’s figure). The provinces of notification with the highest rate are Florence with 31,131 cases x100,000 inhabitants, Pistoia with 30,894, Pisa with 30,630, the lowest Grosseto with 27,207.
Overall, 44,495 people are in isolation at home, as yesterday they have mild symptoms that no hospital care, or are symptom-free (294 more than, plus 0.7%).
The people covered in the beds dedicated to COVID patients today are a total of 501 (21 fewer than yesterday, minus 4%), 22 in intensive care (1 fewer than yesterday, minus 4.3%).
The total people healed are 1,061,126 (1,626 more than yesterday, plus 0.2%): 0 people clinically cured (stable compared to yesterday), that is, who became asymptomatic after presenting clinical manifestations associated with the infection and 1,061,126 (1,626 more than yesterday, plus 0.2%) declared fully cured, the so-called viral healings, with negative swab.