Extract
From February 2020, when the first case of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) was detected, Italy has rapidly become one of the countries most affected by the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), accounting for 135 586 recorded cases as of 7 April 2020 [1]. Surveillance data from the National Institute of Health indicate that COVID-19 has caused more than 15 000 lethal pneumonia cases, particularly in some of the northern regions. Positive cases had a median age of 62 years, while patients who died of COVID-19 had a median age of 80 years [2].
Abstract
This study provides evidence of the enormous death toll attributable to COVID-19 https://bit.ly/2X4C6a8
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: S. Conti has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: P. Ferrara has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: C. Fornari has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: S. Harari has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: F. Madotto has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: A. Silenzi has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: A. Zucchi has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: L. Manzoli has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: L.G. Mantovani has nothing to disclose.
- Received April 8, 2020.
- Accepted May 6, 2020.
- Copyright ©ERS 2020
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