Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy explained

This article presents official statistics gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

Statistics

Data quality issues

Deaths statistics for Italy include coronavirus deaths both in and outside of hospitals, and includes individuals tested pre-mortem as well as post-mortem. The statistics do not distinguish between individuals who died "with" or "of" the disease. The statistics thus include patients with pre-existing conditions,[1] which made up 96% of the total death count.[2] However, in regions where the healthcare system was overwhelmed by the pandemic (e.g. Lombardy), data suggests that the official death statistics likely missed a portion of the deaths outside hospitals.[3] [4] [5] For example, in some areas of northern Italy, a comparison of the average registered deaths over the previous years with the deaths in the first months of 2020 showed a sizeable excess of deaths that were not officially included in the coronavirus toll.[6] [7] These numbers suggest, for example, that there were roughly 10,900 excess deaths in March of 2020 were not been reported as COVID-19 deaths.[8]

European countries used different criteria to count coronavirus-related fatalities, and because of this, the Italian statistics can be difficult to compare. The statistics of some other European countries kept separate counts of cases where coronavirus was the only known medical ailment, thus often excluding deaths of people with pre-existing conditions.[9] [10] [11] In addition to this, some European countries only reported fatalities occurring in hospitals.[12] [1] [13]

Charts

The graphs show the development of the pandemic starting from 21 February 2020, the day when the Lombardy and Veneto clusters were first detected.

Notes and References

  1. News: Ecco come si calcolano i decessi collegati al coronavirus nei diversi Paesi Ue . Europa Today . 30 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Caratteristiche dei pazienti deceduti positivi all'infezione da SARS-CoV-2 in Italia . Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
  3. News: Stancati . Margherita . Sylvers . Eric . Italy's Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported . 2 April 2020 . The Wall Street Journal . 1 April 2020.
  4. News: Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries . The Economist.
  5. News: Italy's coronavirus deaths could be underestimated in data: official . 28 April 2020 . Reuters . 31 March 2020.
  6. News: Cancelli . Claudio . Foresti . Luca . The real death toll for Covid-19 is at least 4 times the official numbers . 28 April 2020 . Corriere della Sera . 26 March 2020 . it.
  7. News: Giugliano . Ferdinando . We May Be Underestimating the Coronavirus Death Toll . 28 April 2020 . Bloomberg . 1 April 2020.
  8. News: Wu . Jin . McCann . Allison . Katz . Josh . Peltier . Elian . 71,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Outbreak . 13 May 2020 . The New York Times. 21 April 2020 .
  9. News: Caccia . Fabrizio . Coronavirus, "il conteggio dei morti varia da paese a paese. La Germania esclude chi ha altre patologie" . Corriere della Sera . 22 March 2020.
  10. News: Arija Garcia . Carlos . Morti da coronavirus: i conti non tornano . La Legge per Tutti . 26 March 2020.
  11. News: Burba . Elisabetta . Coronavirus: ma come vengono conteggiati i morti in Europa? . Panorama . 20 April 2020.
  12. News: Giles . Chris . Deaths from coronavirus far higher in England than first reported . Financial Times . 7 April 2020.
  13. News: Sevillano . Elena G. . Tracking the coronavirus: why does each country count deaths differently? . El País . 30 March 2020.

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