Italy COVID-19 cases top 1,000

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews

In a follow-up on the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy, the Ministero della Salute issued the following update (computer translated):

As regards health monitoring relating to the spread of Coronavirus on the national territory, 1049 people are currently positive for the virus.

The number of people infected in the individual Regions is as follows: in Lombardy there are 615, 217 in Emilia-Romagna, 191 in Veneto, 42 in Liguria, 13 in Campania, 11 in Piedmont, 11 in Tuscany, 11 in the Marche, 6 in Lazio, 4 in Sicily, 3 in Puglia, 2 in Abruzzo, 1 in Calabria and 1 in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. COVID-19 outbreak: CDC recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Italy There are 401 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 105 are in intensive care, while 543 are in home isolation. The number of people healed is 50. The dead are 29, this number, however, can be confirmed only after the Istituto Superiore di Sanità has established the actual cause of the death.