A deluge of death in northern Italy

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On average, every 3 mins 35 secs, someone infected with coronavirus is dying in the Italian region of Lombardy
Based on March 24 fatalities

Lombardy, the wealthiest and most populous region in Italy, reported its first case of coronavirus on Feb. 21 a short distance from Milan — Italy’s financial capital. A month later, Lombardy had become the single deadliest coronavirus hotspot on the planet. On March 22, the number of deaths there reached 3,456, eclipsing the number of people who have died from the virus in Hubei - the Chinese province where the virus first emerged at the end of last year.

After Lombardy detected its first case, others soon came to light. The government moved quickly to seal off a cluster of 10 towns at the epicentre of the outbreak, hoping the lockdown would contain the flare-up. It didn’t. The disease spread rapidly to nearby communities. By March 24, Lombardy had recorded 4,178 deaths, 61% of the national tally, while the number of confirmed cases totalled 30,703 — 44% of all known infections in Italy. By contrast, all of China had registered 3,277 deaths by March 23.

More devastation at:

https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-LOMBARDY/0100B5LT46P/index.html

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1. Kick and recommend for visibility

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2. K & R for visibility n/t

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3. If this moves into Rome area and south from there, this is only beginning of it

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4. I can only hope they have begun testing everywhere

Doctors have also questioned why Bergamo was not put under quarantine more swiftly. The government says its restrictions were imposed in a timely fashion, based on the information available at the time. A further question is whether the testing in Lombardy was too limited. The region focused almost exclusively on people seeking hospital treatment, saying it did not have the resources for wider monitoring, but this has complicated efforts to try to locate precisely where the outbreaks were flaring.