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Back Press release No. 48/2022 - COVID-19: Main Monitoring Data from the Control Room

ISS, 8 July 2022

These are the main data provided by the Control Room:

●   There was a nationwide increase in the weekly incidence of cases: 1071 per 100.000 inhabitants (01/07/2022 - 07/07/2022) vs. 763 per 100.000 inhabitants (24/06/2022 - 30/06/2022).

●   In the period 15 June – 28 June 2022, the average Rt calculated on symptomatic cases was 1.40 (range 1.36-1.46). an increase compared to the previous week and above the epidemic threshold. The transmissibility index based on hospitalized cases also increased and it too was above the epidemic threshold: Rt = 1.24 (1.21-1.28) as at 28/06/2022 vs. Rt = 1.22 (1.18-1.26) as at 20/06/2022.

●   The number of occupied beds in Intensive Care Units rose to 3.5% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health as at 07 July) from 2.6% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health as at 30 June). The number of occupied beds in other medical wards at national level rose to 13.3% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health as at 30 June) from 10,3% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health as at 30 June)

●   No Region/PPAA was classified as being at low risk. 12 Regions/PPAAs were classified as being at moderate risk according to the MD of 30 April 2020 (two of which with a high probability of progression), whereas 9 Regions/PPAAs were classified as being at high risk due to the presence of multiple resilience alerts and one for not having reached the minimum quality threshold of the data transmitted to the ISS.

●    Twenty Regions/PPAAs reported at least one resilience alert. Nine Regions/PPAAs reported multiple resilience alerts.

●    The percentage of cases detected through contact tracing increased slightly compared to the previous week (10% vs. 9% the previous week). There was a drop in the percentage of cases detected through the onset of symptoms (41% vs. 44%), whereas the percentage of cases diagnosed through screening activities increased (49% vs. 47%).


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