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With the caveat that there are probably many more cases, and substantially more deaths, than have been counted, Italy passed a grim milestone today announcing 889 additional deaths from COVID-19, raising their total to 10,023.
Nearly 6,000 additional cases (n=5975) were confirmed over the past 24 hours, bringing that total to 92,472. Eighteen days into their nationwide lockdown - while the number of cases have leveled off - we've not seen a serious reduction in daily case counts.The preliminary CFR continues to rise, particularly in hard hit Lombardy, where today it broke 15% for the first time. Across the rest of Italy, death rate among known cases is just over 7.6%. Both are far higher than anything we've seen elsewhere in the world.
The reasons behind Italy's extraordinary CFR aren't clear, although an older population with a high incidence of comorbidities, a serious undercounting of mild and moderate cases, and an overwhelmed healthcare system have all been mentioned as contributing factors.
The situation in Italy: March 28, 2020, 18.00
CURRENTLY POSITIVE 70065
DECEASED 10023
HEALED 12384
Press conference at 6 pm on March 28th
92472 total cases, currently positive people are 70065, 10 023 dead and 12 384 recovered.
Among the 70065 positives:
- 39533 are found in home isolation
- 26676 hospitalized with symptoms
- 3856 in intensive care
Read the tables
