Hospitalization of children and adolescents under 14 years of age due to coronavirus in Italy Between June 14 and 21, they doubled from the previous week, the Italian federation, representing Italy’s medical centers and hospitals, FIASO, said on Wednesday.
“Coronavirus hospitalizations in pediatric age groups, while still limited, have doubled,” the federation said, which did not provide figures on how many juveniles are currently in the country’s hospitals.
However, he explained that among children aged 0 to 6 years, the number of hospitalizations has tripled, from 5 to 14 patients.
Over the past week, and for the first time in five years, a child under the age of 11, whose exact age was not reported by FIASO, had to be treated in the hospital. intensive care unit.
infections between adults
On the contrary, the income curve relative to adults with coronavirus remains stable and among those in intensive care units with respiratory and pulmonary syndromes, 37% are not vaccinated, and the rest of the vaccinated have other pathologies.
Geographically, hospitalizations in the southern regions decreased by 8.8% over the past week, while in the center they increased by 10.8% and in the north by 2.1%.
Italy Since the pandemic began across the country in February 2020, the country has recorded almost 18 million infections and 167,000 deaths.
Referring to vaccination, 90.1% of the population over the age of 12 have completed a cycle, and 83.27% who can receive a booster dose have already done so, while 34.82% of children aged 5 to 11 also have a full cycle. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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