#14,973
The latest (1800 hrs CET) update from the Italian MOH has been posted and we find 122 additional COVID-19 cases and 3 more deaths have been added since this morning's update. Over the past 24 hours Italy has seen an increase of 250 cases, and 5 fatalities.
This remarkable surge began a only a week ago, when Italy's case count still stood at 3.A stark reminder of how quickly `contained' can go to `widespread'. The latest (translated) update follows:
Covid-19: the cases in Italy at 18 on 27 February
650 people are infected with the new Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus in Italy. Of these, 17 people died and 45 people recovered.
Compared to the 12 noon bulletin of 27 February, there was an increase in the number of infected people of 122 units.
There are 248 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 56 are in intensive care, while 284 are in home isolation.
These are the official figures communicated today at the 18:00 conference by the Commissioner for the emergency of civil protection, Angelo Borrelli.
In the individual Regions the number of infected people is as follows:
- Lombardy: 403
- Veneto: 111
- Emilia Romagna: 97
- Liguria: 19
- Sicily: 4
- Campania: 3
- Lazio: 3 (the 2 Chinese tourists and the resigned researcher - all recovered)
- Brands: 3
- Piedmont: 2
- Tuscany: 2
- Abruzzo: 1
- Puglia: 1
- Autonomous Province of Bolzano: 1
