ROME, 8 Feb — RIA Novosti, Alexander Logunov. More than half of the inhabitants of the Italian city of Bergamo, which has become one of the most affected by the epidemic COVID-19 cities in the country have antibodies to the coronavirus, said Monday the city health Agency (ATS Bergamo).
antibody Test COVID-19 lets you find out including the ill person infection or not. Antibodies indicate whether an immune response to the coronavirus, regardless of whether there had been any signs of the disease or it is asymptomatic.
the employees of the health system, this result showed that 30.6% of participants. There were just over 20 thousand tests, of which 9.9 thousand among the General population, 10.4 thousand — among physicians. Error inconclusive the tests approximately 3.2% of the tested.
In early may, the national statistics Institute (Istat) of Italy reported that from February 20 to March 31 in the Northern provinces of the country, where the main centers of coronavirus infection have been registered a sharp increase in mortality. So, in Bergamo, it for the period increased by 568%.
According to the latest official data, as of Monday, the total number of cases of infection with a new type of coronavirus in the Apennines exceeded 235 thousand, 166 thousand patients have recovered, the number of victims was 33 964. New infections recorded in seven of the 20 regions of Italy, five regions recorded one case of infection. Last week, the prevalence of infection (Rt) fell below one in all areas of the country. This indicator identifies the average number of people that one patient infects up to his isolation.
