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Italy's MOH has reported just under 800 new COVID-19 cases, and 40 additional deaths, over the past 24 hours bringing the nation's total to 3858 cases and 148 fatalities.
Italy is reporting the highest number of deaths outside of Mainland China - even higher than Iran (n=109) - producing an apparent mortality rate around 3.8%.Exactly what accounts for this isn't clear, although it may be due to prioritizing testing of only the `sickest of the sick', leaving a large number of mild or moderate cases uncounted. Regardless, the total number of fatalities is concerning.
Covid-19: cases in Italy at 6 pm on March 5th
As regards health monitoring relating to the spread of the new Coronavirus on the national territory, at the moment 3858 people are infected, 3296 people who are currently positive for the virus.
There are 414 people healed.
There are 1790 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 351 are in intensive care, while 1165 are in home isolation.
148 died, however, this number can be confirmed only after the Istituto Superiore di Sanità has established the actual cause of the death.
The number of people infected in the individual regions is as follows:
- Lombardy 2251
- Emilia-Romagna 698
- Veneto 407
- Brands 124
- Piedmont 108
- Tuscany 61
- Campania 45
- Lazio 44
- Liguria 28
- Friuli Venezia Giulia 21
- Sicily 18
- Puglia 14
- Umbria 9
- Abruzzo 8
- Autonomous Province of Trento 7
- Molise 7
- Calabria 2
- Sardinia 2
- Aosta Valley 2
- Basilicata 1
- Autonomous Province of Bolzano 1
