An analysis by the country's National Institute of Health shows the vast majority of virus-related deaths were confirmed in older individuals.
The health institute's evaluation of Italy's total coronavirus diagnoses according to age was consistent with the findings in its mortality assessment. The report noted that close to 70 percent of positive cases were confirmed in people older than 51, with a slight majority confirmed in people older than 70. The median age of patients at time of diagnosis was 62.
The report's results align with statements from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has warned that older individuals are more susceptible to the virus and at higher risk of developing severe infections after contracting it.reached out to the Italian National Institute of Health for additional comments regarding its report but did not receive a reply before publication.
As of Tuesday morning, at least 230,158 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Italy since its first diagnoses were reported in March. Of those diagnosed, at least 32,877 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University's global virus tracker.
Passers-by stop at a storefront in Bari, Italy, on May 26. As new coronavirus cases and deaths have decreased, businesses across the nation have been permitted to reopen after a two-month lockdown.Italy's death toll was the world's highest during the earlier half of the pandemic, though its numbers have since been surpassed by the United States, as well as the United Kingdom.
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