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#COVID19Italy SitRep 28Feb 18:00

821 patients (plus 46 recovered)

21 deaths
Today 3 deaths: 2 >80 years old, 1 >77 yo.

However, DrBorrelli cannot say if the cause of death is #SarsCoV2 #COVID19 @MinisteroSalute will investigate and establish/confirm CoD (no details as to how)

@MinisteroSalute DrBorrelli @DPCgov highlights that 412 positives are asymptomatic or with very mild symptoms so that do not require hospital care, and are self-isolating at home.

#COVID19Italy #COVID19 @MinisteroSalute

@MinisteroSalute @DPCgov DrBorrelli @DPCgov: 345 patients in hospital with symptoms and 64(+8 since yesterday) are in intensive care. There are no reports form any regions of reaching critical levels of capacity.

Life carries on in the Red Zones.

#COVID19Italy #COVID19

@MinisteroSalute @DPCgov DrBorrelli @DPCgov reports having signed 2 "decrees" ("ordinanze"):
one will pass the epidemiological surveillance to @MinisteroSalute
the other one will scale up the availability of equipment for respiratory support within hospitals

@MinisteroSalute @DPCgov ProfBrusaferro @MinisteroSalute important is having flux of info that is standardised and homogeneous and contains quantitative and qualitative elements...
This helps also with international relationship so that knowledge can be shared with the international community