… the level of COVID-19 excess mortality in the Italian region of … hit by the novel COVID-19
infectious disease. Combining … or indirectly, associated with COVID-19 as well as the total …

Objective: To reflect on the impacts of COVID-19 in northern Italy, the European epicenter of
the pandemic. Development: The approach developed since the advent of the disease, its …

… the COVID-19 pandemic world epicenter, as cases in Italy and other European nations soared.
The numbers in Italy … and with over 8000 deaths, placing Italy now as the country with the …

… Our own hospital is highly contaminated, and we are far beyond the tipping point: 300
beds out of 900 are occupied by Covid-19 patients. Fully 70% of ICU beds in our hospital …

… Comparing COVID-19 deaths across countries, however, is challenging. Most of the existing
… reporting COVID-19 deaths 6 . Italy, for instance, classifies as an official COVID 19 decease …

… in the Lombardy region, the Italian Epicenter of COVID-19 outbreak. Sixty-four participants
… those respondents who had at least one COVID-19 patient among close friends or relatives. …

… Despite these measures, Italy reported the first positive case of … Italy), soon followed by
an exponential growth of COVID-19 … Nevertheless, COVID-19 spread outside the “red zone”, …

… COVID-19 pandemic. However, the authors did not differentiate between deaths directly
related to COVID-19 … increase in the period of the COVID-19 second wave (October/December …

… The region of Lombardy has the highest number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 and appears to
be the epicenter of the Italian outbreak. b In the post-lockdown period, the heterogeneity in the …

… Conclusions: Our study supports the claim that COVID-19 in pregnancy is not associated
with worse clinical outcomes compared to non-COVID-19 pregnant women and/or with higher …