As of January 1, 2025, the number of active coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Italy was approximately 218,000. Among these, 42 infected individuals were being treated in intensive care units. Another 1,332 individuals infected with the coronavirus were hospitalized with symptoms, while approximately 217,000 thousand were in isolation at home. The total number of coronavirus cases in Italy reached over 26.9 million (including active cases, individuals who recovered, and individuals who died) as of the same date. The region mostly hit by the spread of the virus was Lombardy, which counted almost 4.4 million cases.For a global overview, visit Statista's webpage exclusively dedicated to coronavirus, its development, and its impact.

After entering Italy, the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread fast. The strict lockdown implemented by the government during the Spring 2020 helped to slow down the outbreak. However, in the following months the country had to face four new harsh waves of contagion. As of January 1, 2025, 198,638 deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported by the authorities, of which approximately 48.7 thousand in the region of Lombardy, 20.1 thousand in the region of Emilia-Romagna, and roughly 17.6 thousand in Veneto, the regions mostly hit. The total number of cases reported in the country reached over 26.9 million. The north of the country was mostly hit, and the region with the highest number of cases was Lombardy, which registered almost 4.4 million of them. The north-eastern region of Veneto counted about 2.9 million cases. Italy's death toll was one of the most tragic in the world. In the last months, however, the country saw the end to this terrible situation: as of November 2023, 85 percent of the total Italian population was fully vaccinated. For a global overview, visit Statista's webpage exclusively dedicated to coronavirus, its development, and its impact.

The first two cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy were recorded between the end of January and the beginning of February 2020. Since then, the number of cases in Italy increased steadily, reaching over 26.9 million as of January 8, 2025. The region mostly hit by the virus in the country was Lombardy, counting almost 4.4 million cases. On January 11, 2022, 220,532 new cases were registered, which represented the biggest daily increase in cases in Italy since the start of the pandemic. The virus originated in Wuhan, a Chinese city populated by millions and located in the province of Hubei. More statistics and facts about the virus in Italy are available here.For a global overview, visit Statista's webpage exclusively dedicated to coronavirus, its development, and its impact.

As of January 1, 2025, the total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Italy amounted to over 26.9 million, approximately 218,000 of which were active cases. Moreover, the number of people who recovered or were discharged from hospital after contracting the virus reached over 26.5 million, while the number of deceased was equal to 198,638. For a global overview, visit Statista's webpage exclusively dedicated to coronavirus, its development, and its impact.

As of January 1, 2025, Rome (Lazio) was the Italian province which registered the highest number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country. Milan (Lombardy) came second in this ranking, while Naples (Campania) and Turin (Piedmont) followed. These four areas are also the four most populated provinces in Italy. The region of Lombardy was the mostly hit by the spread of the virus, recording almost one sixth of all coronavirus cases in the country. The provinces of Milan and Brescia accounted for a large part of this figure. For a global overview, visit Statista's webpage exclusively dedicated to coronavirus, its development, and its impact.

Italy went through five coronavirus waves during the pandemic. As of January 8, 2025, the number of active coronavirus cases in the country was equal to approximately 203,305. On January 23, 2022, there were 2,734,906 active infections in Italy, the highest figure since the start of the pandemic. Furthermore, the total number of cases (including active cases, recoveries, and deaths) in Italy reached 26.9 million, with the region mostly hit by the virus in the country being Lombardy. Despite this notably high number of infections, deaths and hospitalizations remain rather low, thanks to a very high vaccination rate. The virus originated in Wuhan, a Chinese city populated by millions and located in the province of Hubei. More statistics and facts about the virus in Italy are available here.For a global overview, visit Statista's webpage exclusively dedicated to coronavirus, its development, and its impact.

Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Deceased: Campania data was reported at 12,169.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 12,169.000 Person for 01 Jan 2025. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Deceased: Campania data is updated daily, averaging 7,489.500 Person from Mar 2020 (Median) to 08 Jan 2025, with 812 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12,169.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025 and a record low of 1.000 Person in 12 Mar 2020. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Deceased: Campania data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table IT.D001: Ministry of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019).

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak caused massive troubles in Italy. As the graph shows, the spread of the virus put hospitals and medical staff under a lot of pressure. As of January 8, 2025, approximately 1,300 patients were hospitalized in Italy because of COVID-19. The highest figure since the start of the pandemic was registered on November 23, 2020, when 34,697 individuals were being treated in hospitals for COVID-19-related reasons. The resilience of the Italian healthcare system and the limited capacity of hospitals were among the most challenging issues facing authorities. In the last months, however, the country saw the end of this terrible situation: as of November 2023, roughly 85 percent of the total Italian population was fully vaccinated. For a global overview, visit Statista's webpage exclusively dedicated to coronavirus, its development, and its impact.

Since the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy, started in February 2020, many people who contracted the infection died. The number of deaths amounted to 198,683 as of January 8, 2025. On December 3, 2020, 993 patients died, the highest daily toll since the start of the pandemic. The region with the highest number of deaths was Lombardy, which is also the region that registered the highest number of coronavirus cases. Italy's death toll was one of the most tragic in the world. In the last months, however, the country saw the end to this terrible situation: as of November 2023, roughly 85 percent of the total Italian population was fully vaccinated. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy has hit females slightly more than males. In fact, as the chart shows, 53.5 percent of individuals infected with the virus was female, while 46.5 percent was male. However, data suggest that mortality rate was higher for male individuals than it was for female ones.

Since the first case was detected at the end of January 2020 in Italy, coronavirus spread fast and the country went through four harsh waves of contagion. As of May, 2023, the authorities reported over 25.8 million cases in the country. The area mostly hit by the virus was the North, in particular the region of Lombardy.

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As of September 24, 2023, around 50 million people in Italy have completed the regular vaccination cycle against COVID-19, corresponding to roughly 85 percent of the total population. In the age group 80 years and older, the one most vulnerable to the virus, this figure reached almost 96 percent. A vaccine for kids under 12 years of age became available only in December 2021. To build a better protection against the virus over time, the Italian authorities started administering a third vaccine dose during autumn 2021, and a fourth dose in spring 2022. So far, roughly three out of four Italians over 12 years of age have received a booster shot. More statistics and facts about the virus in Italy are available here.For a global overview on the various COVID-19 vaccines' development and distribution, visit Statista's Facts and Figures on the topic.

The sanitary emergency of coronavirus (COVID-19) is believed to lead to a decrease in the value added at basic prices in all Italian regions. Nevertheless, some regions are more affected than others. The regions that will experience the largest drop in value added are Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna, in the North of the country. In these regions, the value added at basic prices is estimated to decrease by at least two percent. Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna are the regions registering the highest number of coronavirus cases in Italy. Italy is one of the countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide. This virus has now infected people in over 100 countries across six continents.

As of November 24, 2024 there were over 274 million confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) across the whole of Europe since the first confirmed cases in France in January 2020. France has been the worst affected country in Europe with 39,028,437 confirmed cases, followed by Germany with 38,437,756 cases. Italy and the UK have approximately 26.8 million and 25 million cases respectively. For further information about the coronavirus pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Based on a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 210 countries relative to their population, Peru had the most losses to COVID-19 up until July 13, 2022. As of the same date, the virus had infected over 557.8 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled more than 6.3 million. Note, however, that COVID-19 test rates can vary per country. Additionally, big differences show up between countries when combining the number of deaths against confirmed COVID-19 cases. The source seemingly does not differentiate between "the Wuhan strain" (2019-nCOV) of COVID-19, "the Kent mutation" (B.1.1.7) that appeared in the UK in late 2020, the 2021 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) from India or the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) from South Africa.

The difficulties of death figures

This table aims to provide a complete picture on the topic, but it very much relies on data that has become more difficult to compare. As the coronavirus pandemic developed across the world, countries already used different methods to count fatalities, and they sometimes changed them during the course of the pandemic. On April 16, for example, the Chinese city of Wuhan added a 50 percent increase in their death figures to account for community deaths. These deaths occurred outside of hospitals and went unaccounted for so far. The state of New York did something similar two days before, revising their figures with 3,700 new deaths as they started to include “assumed” coronavirus victims. The United Kingdom started counting deaths in care homes and private households on April 29, adjusting their number with about 5,000 new deaths (which were corrected lowered again by the same amount on August 18). This makes an already difficult comparison even more difficult. Belgium, for example, counts suspected coronavirus deaths in their figures, whereas other countries have not done that (yet). This means two things. First, it could have a big impact on both current as well as future figures. On April 16 already, UK health experts stated that if their numbers were corrected for community deaths like in Wuhan, the UK number would change from 205 to “above 300”. This is exactly what happened two weeks later. Second, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which countries already have “revised” numbers (like Belgium, Wuhan or New York) and which ones do not. One work-around could be to look at (freely accessible) timelines that track the reported daily increase of deaths in certain countries. Several of these are available on our platform, such as for Belgium, Italy and Sweden. A sudden large increase might be an indicator that the domestic sources changed their methodology.

Where are these numbers coming from?

The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

During spring 2022, Italian authorities started administering a second booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines to the population in order to improve the general protection against the virus. As of November 20, 2023, approximately 6.7 million Italian citizens have received a booster shot, corresponding to roughly 11.4 percent of the population over five years old. This statistic breaks down these figures by age of the vaccinated. In the age group 80+, the one most vulnerable to the virus, over 45.6 percent of the individuals received a fourth shot.

About 85 percent of the total population in Italy has completed the regular vaccination cycle, having received two shots. Moreover, three out of four Italians over 12 years of age have received a third shot. Thanks to this, despite the high number of daily cases, figures for deaths and hospitalizations remain low.

More statistics and facts about the virus in Italy are available here. For a global overview on the various COVID-19 vaccines' development and distribution, visit Statista's Facts and Figures on the topic.

During autumn 2021, Italian authorities started administering booster shots of coronavirus vaccines to the population in order to improve the general protection against the virus, using either Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. As of September 24, 2023, approximately 70.3 percent of the population over 12 years old have received a booster vaccination. This statistic shows regional differences in these figures. Lombardy was the region achieving the highest booster vaccination coverage, with around 74.3 percent. Conversely, just 61.5 percent of citizens living in Sicily received a third shot. About 85 percent of the total population in Italy has completed the regular vaccination cycle, having received two shots. Thanks to this, despite the high number of daily cases, figures for deaths and hospitalizations remain low. More statistics and facts about the virus in Italy are available here.For a global overview on the various COVID-19 vaccines' development and distribution, visit Statista's Facts and Figures on the topic.

The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy impacted a wide range of economic activities significantly. A survey from March 2020 asked Italian freelancers how they think this situation will affect the revenues of their work. About 34 percent of respondents believed that their revenues will decrease between 30 and 60 percent. In fact, according to another survey from 2020, roughly 89 percent of freelancers stated that their commissions were either suspended or cancelled.

Italy is one of the countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide. This virus has now infected people in over 100 countries across six continents.

As of January 13, 2023, Bulgaria had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths among its population in Europe at 548.6 deaths per 100,000 population. Hungary had recorded 496.4 deaths from COVID-19 per 100,000. Furthermore, Russia had the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Europe, at over 394 thousand.

Number of cases in Europe During the same period, across the whole of Europe, there have been over 270 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. France has been Europe's worst affected country with around 38.3 million cases, this translates to an incidence rate of approximately 58,945 cases per 100,000 population. Germany and Italy had approximately 37.6 million and 25.3 million cases respectively.

Current situation In March 2023, the rate of cases in Austria over the last seven days was 224 per 100,000 which was the highest in Europe. Luxembourg and Slovenia both followed with seven day rates of infections at 122 and 108 respectively.

COVID-19 rate of death, or the known deaths divided by confirmed cases, was over ten percent in Yemen, the only country that has 1,000 or more cases. This according to a calculation that combines coronavirus stats on both deaths and registered cases for 221 different countries. Note that death rates are not the same as the chance of dying from an infection or the number of deaths based on an at-risk population. By April 26, 2022, the virus had infected over 510.2 million people worldwide, and led to a loss of 6.2 million. The source seemingly does not differentiate between "the Wuhan strain" (2019-nCOV) of COVID-19, "the Kent mutation" (B.1.1.7) that appeared in the UK in late 2020, the 2021 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) from India or the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) from South Africa.

Where are these numbers coming from?

The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. Note that Statista aims to also provide domestic source material for a more complete picture, and not to just look at one particular source. Examples are these statistics on the confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia or the COVID-19 cases in Italy, both of which are from domestic sources. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

A word on the flaws of numbers like this

People are right to ask whether these numbers are at all representative or not for several reasons. First, countries worldwide decide differently on who gets tested for the virus, meaning that comparing case numbers or death rates could to some extent be misleading. Germany, for example, started testing relatively early once the country’s first case was confirmed in Bavaria in January 2020, whereas Italy tests for the coronavirus postmortem. Second, not all people go to see (or can see, due to testing capacity) a doctor when they have mild symptoms. Countries like Norway and the Netherlands, for example, recommend people with non-severe symptoms to just stay at home. This means not all cases are known all the time, which could significantly alter the death rate as it is presented here. Third and finally, numbers like this change very frequently depending on how the pandemic spreads or the national healthcare capacity. It is therefore recommended to look at other (freely accessible) content that dives more into specifics, such as the coronavirus testing capacity in India or the number of hospital beds in the UK. Only with additional pieces of information can you get the full picture, something that this statistic in its current state simply cannot provide.

According to a forecast from May 2024, the unemployment rate in Italy could reach 7.5 percent by the end of the year, two percentage points less than 2021, when the COVID-19 outbreak had a disastrous impact on the labor market. The rate is then expected to drop to 7.3 percent in 2025. Weak employment situation Unemployment in Italy started increasing after the 2008 financial crisis and peaked at 12.7 percent in 2014. It mostly affected the young population. Similarly, the youth unemployment rate also increased significantly during the same period, reaching over 40 percent in 2014. Even if the figures decreased in the following years, in 2022 the rates were still particularly high in the southern regions. Indeed, the youth unemployment rate in the regions of Sicily and Campania stood at around 43 percent. COVID-19 impact on the economy The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak had a serious impact on Italy’s economy. In June 2020, most Italian respondents declared that the coronavirus pandemic had impacted or would impact their personal incomes in the future. In addition, the fear of losing the job due to the pandemic has been increasing in the country, with more than half of respondents worrying about this in July 2020.