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The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Rome tested positive for the virus. [ 1]
On 30 January, the first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Rome. A Chinese couple, originally from Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, who had arrived in Italy on 23 January via Milan Malpensa Airport, travelled from the airport to Verona, then to Parma, arriving in Rome on 28 January.
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]
Italy reported 153 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday against 137 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 30,798 from 16,213, the first time ...
Italy on Friday became the third country in the world to record 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, reporting 243 new fatalities compared with a daily tally of 274 the day before. Italy's total ...
Data released by Italy's Civil Protection agency showed 4,789 new cases from a day earlier, nearly 700 fewer than the day-to-day increase of 5,560 new cases reported Sunday.
On 9 March 2020, the government of Italy under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a national lockdown or quarantine, restricting the movement of the population except for necessity, work, and health circumstances, in response to the growing pandemic of COVID-19 in the country. Additional lockdown restrictions mandated the temporary closure ...
Italy reported 50 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, the same as the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 4,866 from 4,598 . Italy has ...