Italy adds more than 219,000 new coronavirus infections, its highest record of the entire pandemic

Italy today added 219,441 new infections of coronavirus, the highest figure of the entire pandemic and that shoots total cases to almost seven million since February 2020, while the deaths have been 198. With these figures, the total number of deaths with covid-19 rises in Italy to 138,474 since the pandemic began in the country.

This Thursday 1.14 million tests of coronavirus, in line with those carried out daily last week, when infections averaged 140,000 a day. The total number of positives currently stands at 1.6 million people, of which 13,827 are admitted to ordinary wards and 1,467 to intensive care units.

The non-profit GIMBE Foundation said Thursday that the omicron variant And the Christmas gatherings are triggering the contagions in Italy, which increased 153% between December 29 and January 4 compared to the previous seven days, while the death toll rose 8.9%.

Italy has already vaccinated 89.18% of the population over twelve years of age with at least one dose and 86.13% have completed the cycle, while the booster dose has been inoculated to 69.50% of the population that can receive it.

11.90% of children between 5 and 11 years old also already have at least one dose, but only 0.01% of this group has the complete regimen.

On Wednesday night, the Italian Council of Ministers approved by decree law the mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus for people over 50 years of age, a measure that seeks to relieve hospital pressure and control infections to protect the population.

It also extended the vaccination obligation to university personnel, regardless of their age, thus equating them with school personnel, and approved the guidelines on quarantines in schools to guarantee face-to-face classes from January 10 safely.

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