In a Press Conference held Saturday, March 13th, 2020 in Italy, the Department of Civil Protection confirms that only two deaths can be attributed to COVID-19
There is a great difference among the registered deaths with or because of the virus. According to the Department of Civil Proteccion officials in Italy, the numbers are as follows:
The deaths associated with the coronavirus are people with one, two, and three advanced health conditions and high risk of morbidity, older than 70, with a peak between 80-89 years of age.
The confirmed symptoms of those dead are shortness of breath and fever.
Only two individuals under the age of 70 have died, both 39 years of age, one with diagnosed lymphoma and the other with obesity, diabetes and other health conditions present.
It is confirmed that the state of health of those with existing advanced chronic health conditions has been aggravated with the presence of the virus.
With the present evidence, only two (2) deaths have shown no presence of secondary health conditions and further testing is being done at this point.
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March 26, 2020
Hi Margarita,
I am very sceptical about the Covid-19 data and so wondered if you could help me by directing me to the source of your comment that only 2 people had died in Italy with no secondary health problems. Where can I find the updated data on this, please?
Many thanks
March 26, 2020
Hi James, the information is the exact translation from the press conference that took place on March 13, 2020, and held by Italian Institute of Health, starting on the minute 10:30. The numbers reflect the death count up until that date. Click on the video featured in the post or go to the original source from YouTube (https://youtu.be/vR5-01ZjYmM). Please make sure to enable the CC settings to auto-translate to English. Hope this helps.
March 17, 2020
A few drops of sanity in a deluge of panic. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
March 16, 2020
The above article’s data points differ from the following dated March 13 2020: https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/covid-19-infografica_eng.pdf
It indicates over 100 Italian deaths below age 70.
I cannot say why the differences but it does beg further investigation before taking the article at face value.
Worldwide data confirms risk increasing with additional health concerns.
Please post if I’ve flagged this in error.
March 26, 2020
Hi Nick, the information presented here is the exact translation from the press conference that took place on March 13, 2020, starting on the minute 10:30. The numbers reflect the death count up until that date. Click on the video featured in the post or go to the original source from YouTube (https://youtu.be/vR5-01ZjYmM). Please make sure to enable the CC settings to auto-translate to English. Hope this helps.