100 103 is the number of deaths from Covid-19 recorded in Italy since the start of the epidemic, which has hit the peninsula hard. In the past 24 hours, 318 people have died from Covid-19, pushing the 100,000 mark above. The most affected regions are Lombardy (north), the economic lung of the country, with nearly 30,000 deaths, followed by the ‘Emilia-Romagna (north, nearly 11,000 dead), then Piedmont (north-west) and Veneto (north-east), with nearly 10,000 deaths each. It should also be noted that the number of victims is generally underestimated.
“These days we find ourselves facing a further worsening of the health crisis. Everyone must do what they can to limit the spread of the virus. But it is above all the government that must do its part, ”Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Monday in a video message on the occasion of Women’s Rights Day.
“The pandemic is not overcome, but, with the acceleration of the vaccination plan, we can see an outcome that is not far off. I want to take this opportunity to send everyone a real sign of hope, ”he added.
Luigi Di Maio considers tougher measures
Last week, health think tank GIMBE reported a 33% increase in the weekly number of infections for the period February 24 to March 2, with 123,000 cases, the highest figure since December . “With these figures, we need tougher measures,” Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio wrote on Facebook on Sunday.
New severe restrictions nationwide would be another blow to the euro area’s third-largest economy, plunged into a severe containment recession in 2020. But, according to a poll released this weekend by the daily The Corriere della Sera, 44% of Italians would be in favor, against 30% only two weeks earlier.
On Sunday, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, pledged to intensify the vaccination campaign, slowed by supply delays as in the rest of Europe. He said Italy would have 50 million doses by the end of June, which would enable “at least half of our population” to be vaccinated, or around 30 million people, by then. So far 5.4 million doses have been administered in Italy and only 1.65 million people have received the two doses needed to be immunized.
Stricter restrictions in the fight against the coronavirus came into force on Monday in Campania, the Naples region, which thus joins Basilicata and Molise (south) in the list of areas in red (high risk), those under maximum control. Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto (north), so far classified in yellow (moderate risk), have changed to orange (medium risk). From now on, 10 regions are classified “orange”, six “yellow”, three “red” and only one, Sardinia, is “white”, with a minimum of restrictions (wearing of the mask and social distancing).
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