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.

Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: Hospitalized Patients (HP) data was reported at 1,315.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,332.000 Person for 01 Jan 2025. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: Hospitalized Patients (HP) data is updated daily, averaging 7,076.000 Person from Mar 2020 (Median) to 08 Jan 2025, with 815 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34,697.000 Person in 23 Nov 2020 and a record low of 543.000 Person in 08 May 2024. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: Hospitalized Patients (HP) 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).

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).

Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Deceased: Sicily data was reported at 13,145.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 13,145.000 Person for 01 Jan 2025. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Deceased: Sicily data is updated daily, averaging 5,979.000 Person from Mar 2020 (Median) to 08 Jan 2025, with 811 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13,145.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025 and a record low of 2.000 Person in 16 Mar 2020. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Deceased: Sicily 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 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.

This Project Tycho dataset includes a CSV file with COVID-19 data reported in ITALY: 2019-12-30 - 2021-07-31. It contains counts of cases, deaths, and hospitalizations. Data for this Project Tycho dataset comes from: "COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University", "Presidenzia del Consiglio dei Ministri Dipartimento della Protezione Civile GitHub Repository", "European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Website", "World Health Organization COVID-19 Dashboard". The data have been pre-processed into the standard Project Tycho data format v1.1.

Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Sicily data was reported at 1,511.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,510.000 Person for 01 Jan 2025. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Sicily data is updated daily, averaging 15,784.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 08 Jan 2025, with 827 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 277,811.000 Person in 08 Feb 2022 and a record low of 2.000 Person in 29 Feb 2020. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Sicily 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).

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.

Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Veneto data was reported at 10,413.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 10,391.000 Person for 01 Jan 2025. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Veneto data is updated daily, averaging 17,963.500 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 08 Jan 2025, with 828 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 283,494.000 Person in 24 Jan 2022 and a record low of 1.000 Person in 31 Jul 2020. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Veneto 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).

In 2024, the Italian region with the highest death rate was Liguria. By contrast, Trentino-South Tyrol was the area where the lowest death rate was registered in the whole country. In the period between 2010 and 2019, the annual death rate in Italy remained rather stable. In 2020, instead, the death rate increased compared to previous years. Coronavirus deaths In Italy, the first cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were registered at the end of January 2020. Then, since the end of February, the virus started to spread among the Italian population. As of October 2021, Italy recorded 4.7 million cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and over 130,000 deaths. Death rates in other European countries In 2019, Italy was the European country which registered the second-highest number of deaths. The state with the highest number of deceased was Germany, which is also the most populous country on the continent. On the contrary, Italy ranked only fourth, considering the size of the population.

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.

BackgroundThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic that was first recognized in China in December 2019. This paper aims to provide a detailed overview of the first 2 years of the pandemic in Italy.Design and methodsUsing the negative binomial distribution, the daily incidence of infections was estimated through the virus's lethality and the moving-averaged deaths. The lethality of the original strain (estimated through national sero-surveys) was adjusted daily for age of infections, hazard ratios of virus variants, and the cumulative distribution of vaccinated individuals.ResultsFrom February 24, 2020, to February 28, 2022, there were 20,833,018 (20,728,924–20,937,375) cases distributed over five waves. The overall lethality rate was 0.73%, but daily it ranged from 2.78% (in the first wave) to 0.15% (in the last wave). The first two waves had the highest number of daily deaths (about 710) and the last wave showed the highest peak of daily infections (220,487). Restriction measures of population mobility strongly slowed the viral spread. During the 2nd year of the pandemic, vaccines prevented 10,000,000 infections and 115,000 deaths.ConclusionAlmost 40% of COVID-19 infections have gone undetected and they were mostly concentrated in the first year of the pandemic. From the second year, a massive test campaign made it possible to detect more asymptomatic cases, especially among the youngest. Mobility restriction measures were an effective suppression strategy while distance learning and smart working were effective mitigation strategies. Despite the variants of concern, vaccines strongly reduced the pandemic impact on the healthcare system avoiding strong restriction measures.

Since the beginning of the 2000s, the number of deaths in Italy remained rather stable. In 2020, on the contrary, the death rate reached 12.5 per 1,000 inhabitants, a notable increase compared to previous years. Four years after the pandemic, the figure remains above 10 deaths per 1,000 residents. From the perspective of the single regions, the highest number of deaths was registered in Liguria, whereas the lowest death rate in the country was reported in Trentino-Alto Adige. Coronavirus in Italy In Italy, the first cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were registered at the end of January 2020. Then, since the end of February, the virus started to spread among the Italian population. Data on the infected patients show that COVID-19 has hit every age group uniformly, but the mortality rate appears to be much higher for elderly patients. Death rates in Europe Despite being the fourth-largest country in Europe in terms of population size, Italy was the state with the second-highest number of deaths, preceded only by Germany, the most populated country on the continent.

Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Marche data was reported at 37.000 Person in 08 Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 23.000 Person for 01 Jan 2025. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Marche data is updated daily, averaging 3,629.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 08 Jan 2025, with 826 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26,950.000 Person in 31 Jan 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 16 Aug 2023. Italy MH: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: To-Date: CC: Marche 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).

Excel file consisting of two spreadsheets: 1, 1974-2003 incident cases of non Hodgkin Lymphoma and person years by age-group, gender, commune, and geographic area combining communes with less than 10000 inhabitants (use for scientific research approved by the Ethical Committee of the University of Cagliari ( protocol N. PG 2019/18070, 18 December 2019) 2. covariates by communes, including COVID-19 cases in2020, relative size of the resident population with reference to the regional population, male/female ratio among the residents, proportion of residents above age 75, distance from the nearest hospital, rural(0)/urban (2)/intermediate type of commune, deprivation index (0 = lowest socio-economic conditions), Stndardized incidence rate of NHL.

In March 2020, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy recorded the highest monthly number of deaths across the period January 2019-October 2024. The number of individuals who died in March 2020 was 86,500. Another critical month was November 2020, when 78,500 deaths were reported. By contrast, in September 2019, 46,500 deaths were recorded, the lowest number of fatalities within the past five years. The deaths registered from February to June 2024 were the lowest since 2019.

The spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 was the impetus for an exogenous shock. In addition to the disruption brought on by the spread of COVID-19, conspiracy theories flourished on many aspects of the disease. However, the association between belief in conspiracy theories and voting behaviour has not been studied sufficiently, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper investigates the association between a belief in conspiracy theories and an intention to vote for populist parties (PPs). This association is analysed in a case study of Italian voters, where PPs can be found in the government and in the opposition. By conducting a cross-sectional analysis during the third wave of panel data fielded in December 2020, this article shows that individuals who have anti-vax attitudes and who also have a higher propensity to believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to vote for PPs, although it is worth considering the roles PPs play in either the government or in the opposition.

A forecast from March 2020 analyzed the potential impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on revenues of the tourism and transport industry in Italy, broken down by region. The outlook considered *** potential scenarios for 2020. In the best-case scenario, the pandemic is supposed to end in May 2020, while in the worst case-scenario it is supposed to last until December 2020. In both cases, a significant drop in revenues is expected. For instance, the tourism and transport industry in Lazio generated revenues for **** billion euros in 2019. In the best-case scenario, this figure is expected to decrease to ** billion euros in 2020, while in the worst-case scenario it would drop to ** billion euros. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern. Objective: We explored the clinical management of inpatients with COVID-19 in Italy. Methods: A self-administered survey was sent by email to Italian physicians caring for adult patients with COVID-19. A panel of experts was selected according to their clinical curricula and their responses were analyzed. Results: A total of 1,215 physicians completed the survey questionnaire (17.4% response rate). Of these, 188 (15.5%) were COVID-19 experts. Chest computed tomography was the most used method to detect and monitor COVID-19 pneumonia. Most of the experts managed acute respiratory failure with CPAP (56.4%), high flow nasal cannula (18.6%), and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (8%), while an intensivist referral for early intubation was requested in 17% of the cases. Hydroxychloroquine was prescribed as an antiviral in 90% of cases, both as monotherapy (11.7%), and combined with protease inhibitors (43.6%) or azithromycin (36.2%). The experts unanimously prescribed low-molecular-weight heparin to patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, and half of them (51.6%) used a dose higher than standard. The respiratory burden in patients who survived the acute phase was estimated as relevant in 28.2% of the cases, modest in 39.4%, and negligible in 9%. Conclusions: In our survey some major topics, such as the role of non-invasive respiratory support and drug treatments, show disagreement between experts, likely reflecting the absence of high-quality evidence studies. Considering the significant respiratory sequelae reported following COVID-19, proper respiratory and physical therapy programs should be promptly made available.

BackgroundSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which started as a severe pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Italy has been the first European country affected by the pandemic, registering a total of 300,363 cases and 35,741 deaths until September 24, 2020. The geographical distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy during early 2020 has not been homogeneous, including regions severely affected as well as administrative areas being only slightly interested by the infection. Among the latter, Sardinia represents one of the lowest incidence areas likely due to its insular nature.MethodsNext-generation sequencing of a small number of complete viral genomes from clinical samples and their virologic and phylogenetic characterization was performed.ResultsWe provide a first overview of the SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity in Sardinia in the early phase of the March–May 2020 pandemic based on viral genomes isolated in the most inner regional hospital of the island. Our analysis revealed a remarkable genetic diversity in local SARS-CoV-2 viral genomes, showing the presence of at least four different clusters that can be distinguished by specific amino acid substitutions. Based on epidemiological information, these sequences can be linked to at least eight different clusters of infection, four of which likely originates from imported cases. In addition, the presence of amino acid substitutions that were not previously reported in Italian patients has been observed, asking for further investigations in a wider population to assess their prevalence and dynamics of emergence during the pandemic.ConclusionThe present study provides a snapshot of the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in inner area of the Sardinia Island, showing an unexpected genomic diversity.