LATEST: Coronavirus infection rate and deaths up again in Italy (1,000 more cases than day before)

[bronxiteforever]

The Local
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26 March 2020. 17:54 CET+01:00

The total number of deaths has now passed 8,000, and more than 80,000 cases have been detected in Italy, according to the latest official data on Thursday.

The number of deaths reported from coronavirus in Italy in the past 24 hours was 712 - up from yesterday's total of 683, according to the latest figures from Italy's Department for Civil Protection.

... There were 6,153 new infections reported across Italy in the past 24 hours - around 1,000 more than the day before.

...Italy's coronavirus infection rate had slowed for four successive days from Sunday to Wednesday, fuelling hopes that the epidemic was slowing in Italy. But things looked less certain on Thursday after the infection rate rose again, in the worst-hit region of Lombardy and elsewhere in Italy.


https://www.thelocal.it/20200326/latest-coronavirus-infection-rate-and-deaths-up-again-in-italy


On Monday 602 people died. That followed 650 deaths on Sunday and 793 on Saturday and 743 Tuesday and 683 Wednesday.

[ismnotwasm]

1. Shit.

[bronxiteforever]

3. My thoughts exactly.

[uponit7771]

2. "Shelter in place" with sick people is illogical at best

[LisaL]

5. Yes, sheltering in place will only work for you if you are not sheltering with infected relatives.

[bronxiteforever]

6. Some went to the south & are bringing infection there.

Next possible European epicenter is poorer, southern Italy.

[Maxheader]

4. Wonder if they let their guard down?

Easy to do...a little break in the infestation...people naturally look for light at the end of the tunnel...

[58Sunliner]

7. That's just scary.Shit.

[bronxiteforever]

8. I think so too. Hoping for a turn around

for this suffering country.

[Loki Liesmith]

9. This is comparatively good news

It is still well below trend.

[DarthDem]

10. Below What Trend?

[Loki Liesmith]

11. Here

Link to tweet

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[Loki Liesmith]

12. And here

Link to tweet

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[DarthDem]

13. Thanks

I really want to see those numbers drop.

[bronxiteforever]

14. I am not yet optimistic relative to Italy.

Cases going down in the hard hit north only to start to spike in the south.


Recent numbers from the northern region of Lombardy suggested the epidemic might be slowing at its epicentre. But poorer southern parts are seeing a sharp rise in deaths, raising fears the health service could be overwhelmed.
What is happening in Italy's south?
Contagion and deaths are far less widespread there, but worrying signs are coming from regions such as Campania around Naples and Rome's Lazio where the health system is considered much less equipped than in the rich north.
So far there have been 74 deaths in Campania and 95 in Lazio.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52048919