Italy registers 17,750 coronavirus cases, death toll surges to 1,441”””
That is an 8.1% death rate....nowhere near 1.4% or so.
That is an 8.1% death rate....nowhere near 1.4% or so.
Q: Why have there been so many coronavirus deaths in Italy?
A: Italy has reported 1441 coronavirus deaths. Experts say the high number is partly because Italy has more residents in the vulnerable age category.
Italy has the oldest population in Europe and more elderly per capita than the U.S. Most of the Italian deaths are in patients in their 80s and 90s.
In addition, Italy has a great number of direct China contacts. Italy was the first to join China's "silk road" economic partnership project. The coronavirus is believed to have originated in China.
Italy's 1441 deaths are out of a population of 60 million people. Even though one death is too many, it is still a small relative number.