At 24:00 on March 6, the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in has risen to 4680, and the number of suspected cases of a nucleic acid positive reaction has risen to 3960, including 462 in severe cases circulate a notice, according to the European Union News Agency.
Reportedly, local time 7 early morning, Italy`s emergency civil defense department minister 、 the new crown pneumonia epidemic news speaker Borrelli (AngeloBorrelli) said that in the past 24 hours, Italy`s new crown pneumonia epidemic has spread from 79 cities 89 cities, death 197 patients ,523 patients cured. According to the health sector, the average age of death patients nationwide is 81 years.
Italian government announced the closure of all schools throughout the country from the 5th until mid-month. The picture shows the closed school empty classroom.
The statistical analysis report of the Italian Institute of Higher Health indicates that the death rate of Italian male patients is much higher than that of women, the average age of death patients is nearly 20 years old, and more than 60% of death patients have had three or more diseases before death. Among 197 death patients, the average age of the deceased was 81 years.
The report indicates that 42.2 per cent of death patients nationwide are aged 80 to 89,32.4 per cent of death patients are aged 70 to 79,8.4 per cent of death patients are aged 60 to 69,2.8 per cent of death patients are aged 50 to 59 and 14.1 per cent of death patients are aged over 90. Among them, the average age of death patients was 83.4 years for women and 79.9 years for men.
the report highlights that of all current death patients ,15.5% have one disease or no disease ,18.3% have two diseases, and 67.2% have three or more diseases. Furthermore ,74.6 per cent of death patients had high blood pressure ,70.4 per cent had heart disease and 33.8 per cent had diabetes.
Brussafro (SilvioBrusaferro), director of the Italian Institute of Higher Health, said clinical data confirmed that so far, the new crown pneumonia virus has a greater fatal risk to the elderly and the population with disease. Accordingly, government should strengthen the protection of vulnerable groups
The minister of the Italian Ministry of Emergency Civil Defence, Borelli, stated that the data provided by the health sector fully confirmed that the elderly, frail and ill-treated groups not only had higher rates of infection but also higher rates of death. As of now, the death rate of patients with new crown pneumonia in Italy is close to 4.2%, which is much higher than the average death rate of 2.9% in Europe.
