Posted on 03/23/2020 8:36:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Italy’s number of new Covid-19 cases dropped to a five-day low on Monday, easing tension on overstretched hospitals and bringing a glimmer of hope to a nation that has lost more lives than any other country to the pandemic.
In Spain, however, more people died in the last 24 hours than at any point since the coronavirus outbreak erupted in what has become Europe’s second most devastated country.
Italian health authorities announced 4,789 new cases in the last 24 hours, a drop from 5,560 on Sunday and 6,557 on Saturday.
It was also lower than the levels of Thursday and Friday, when the figures for confirmed cases were still rising.
The number of hospitalised cases in Lombardy – the Italian region enduring the most serious outbreak – also declined for the first time since the contagion took root.
“Today is perhaps the first positive day we have had in this hard, very tough month,” said Giulio Gallera, the top health official in Lombardy, an area known as the economic engine of Italy.
“It is not the time to sing victory, but we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has risen to 63,927 – compared to 81,093 in mainland China.
In total, 6,077 people have died in Italy due to Covid-19 – which leads all countries – including 601 who died in the last 24 hours, a decline from the weekend.
The overall death rate from the pandemic in Italy has further risen to 9.5 per cent, far exceeding the global average of 4.4 per cent.
Of the confirmed cases, 3,204 were in intensive care, while 26,522 were under home quarantine.
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That article talked about the death rate. This article talks about New Cases.
At any rate, the good news is, the trend is downward for both in Italy.
Been watching that with interest and liking it.
Watching the state of Washington also. If the timing pattern posited by Michael Levitt and others holds, Washington should start improving soon.
We are going to know a lot more in another week.
It was going to take 2-3 weeks for their lockdown to have any effect as those who were exposed were already exposed with the long incubation period.
The results are starting to show as time has progressed.
This is great news. Really great news.
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