(ANSA) – ROME – After two weeks of sharp increase, from 23 to 29 March there was a substantial stability of the new cases of Covid-19, which were 504,487 compared to 502,773 the previous week (+ 0.3%). Over the same period of time, the currently positives increased by 5.5% (1.26 million compared to 1.20). This was revealed by the new monitoring of the Gimbe Foundation, which specifies how “at this moment it is difficult to make predictions”. There were 9,740 hospitalizations with symptoms compared to 8,969 in the previous week, equal to + 8.6%, while 487 hospitalizations in intensive care compared to 455, equal to + 7%. After 6 consecutive weeks of decline, however, deaths begin to regrow: 953 in the last 7 days (+ 3.1%) with an average of 136 per day compared to 132 in the previous week.

Source: Washington Post April 01, 2022 01:10 UTC