Italy MOH: 3,233 New COVID-19 Cases, 349 Additional Deaths

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A week after Italy extended their lockdown to the entire country (see Extension of `Exceptional Measures' To All Of Italy), the daily number of new cases and deaths remains at or near its high, with nearly 7,000 new cases and more than 700 deaths reported over the past 48 hours.

Italy's apparent CFR -  7.7% nationally and 9.7% in Lombardy - continues to be the highest we've seen anywhere in the world.  

While these numbers are likely skewed higher by a testing bias towards the sickest cases, it is also  likely that Italy's overwhelmed healthcare system is having difficulty providing ICU-level care to a large number of cases.

We've seen similar healthcare delivery problems in Wuhan, China (see EID Journal: Estimating Risk for Death from 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease, China), which resulted in a far higher CFR than in the rest of China.

The situation in Italy: March 16, 2020, 18.00

POSITIVE     23073
DECEASED    2158
HEALED         2749

Press conference at 6 pm on March 16th

27980 total cases, currently positive people are 23073, 2158 deceased and 2749 recovered.

Among the 23073 positives:

• 10197 are found in home isolation
• 11025 hospitalized with symptoms
• 1851 in intensive care

Read the tables:

• Italy situation as of March 16th
• Breakdown by provinces as of March 16

Consult the map:

• Situation in Italy - desktop version
• Situation in Italy - mobile version

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