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. 2020 May 11;91(2):23-30.
doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i2.9600.

The spread of COVID-19 in six western metropolitan regions: a false myth on the excess of mortality in Lombardy and the defense of the city of Milan

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The spread of COVID-19 in six western metropolitan regions: a false myth on the excess of mortality in Lombardy and the defense of the city of Milan

Carlo Signorelli et al. Acta Biomed. .

Abstract

We analyzed the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in 6 metropolitan regions with similar demographic characteristics, daytime commuting population and business activities: the New York metropolitan area, the Île-de-France region, the Greater London county, Bruxelles-Capital, the Community of Madrid and the Lombardy region. The highest mortality rates 30-days after the onset of the epidemic were recorded in New York (81.2 x 100,000) and Madrid (77.1 x 100,000). Lombardy mortality rate is below average (41.4 per 100,000), and it is the only situation in which the capital of the region (Milan) has not been heavily impacted by the epidemic wave. Our study analyzed the role played by containment measures and the positive contribution offered by the hospital care system. (www.actabiomedica.it).

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Each author declares that he or she has no commercial associations (e.g. consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangement etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Cumulative daily mortality rate in the six areas
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Epidemiological trend and public health measures (“flattening” the curve)
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Cumulative mortality rate per 100,000 population in the Provinces of four Regions of Northern Italy, last update 17th April 2020
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Geographic distribution of COVID cases requiring hospitalization in two major hospitals of Milan (IRCCS)

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