The 16,779 work-related Covid-19 infections reported as occupational injuries in January 2022 is the highest figure recorded since 2020.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the pandemic, INAIL has received 211,390 reports of occupational injuries due to Covid-19. 2020, with 148,565 cases, accounts for 70.3% of all reported work-related infections. The number of deaths as of 31 January 2022 is 823.<\/p>\n
The territorial analysis of the declarations shows the following distribution: 43,% in the North-West (including Lombardy 25,6%), 23,5% in the North-East, 15,5% in the Centre, 12,9% in the South and 5,1% in the Islands (Sicily 3,6%). The provinces with the highest number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic are Milan (10.2%), Turin (6.9%), Rome (5.5%), Naples (4.0%), Brescia (2.6%), Genoa (2.5%), Varese and Verona (both 2.4%), Bologna (2.2%), Florence and Monza Brianza (both 2.0%).<\/p>\n
The majority of occupational infections occur in women (68.3% of cases). The average age of those infected since the beginning of the pandemic is 46 years for both sexes, but in January 2022 alone it has fallen to 44.5 years.<\/p>\n
The health and social assistance sectors, where 63.9% of coded declarations are concentrated, have shown, compared to 2020 and in absolute terms, a constant decrease in the number of Covid-19 accidents in the first half of 2021, recording its minimum level in June with 61 cases (there were more than 400 in June 2020).<\/p>\n