Table 1.
New daily cases, hospital and ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients in the time frame of the second wave of the pandemic.
| 1 Sept 2020 |
1 Oct 2020 |
13 Nov 2020 |
7 Dec 2020 |
25 Dec 2020 |
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| Italy | Veneto | Italy | Veneto | Italy | Veneto | Italy | Veneto | Italy | Veneto | ||
| New cases | Total | 978 | 97 | 2.548 | 445 | 40.902 | 3.605 | 13.720 | 2.550 | 19.037 | 5.010 |
| per 100.000 inhabitants | 1,62 | 1,98 | 4,22 | 9,06 | 67,76 | 73,42 | 22,73 | 51,93 | 31,54 | 102,04 | |
| Hospital beds | 1.380 | 69 | 3.097 | 180 | 30.914 | 1.831 | 30.524 | 2.529 | 23.402 | 2.582 | |
| ICU bedsa | 107 | 9 | 291 | 24 | 3.230 | 219 | 3.382 | 317 | 2.584 | 346 | |
| ICU occupation rateb | 1,5 | 1,0 | 4,1 | 2,9 | 45,5 | 26,5 | 47,6 | 38,4 | 36,4 | 41,9 | |
a
As November 30th the available ICU beds were 7.092 in Italy and 825 in the Veneto region.
b
According to the Italian Minister of Health the alarm threshold is when the ICU occupation rate by COVID-19 patients is above 30%.