Italy is stuggling with a high fatality rate: 463 dead and 9,172 infected. Italy’s fatality rate is running at 5 percent nationwide and 6 percent in Lombardy, far higher than the 3 percent to 4 percent estimates elsewhere. Dr. Giovanni Rezza, head of infectious disease at the National Institutes of Health, attributed the high rate to the fact that Italy has the world’s oldest population after Japan, and the median age of its virus-related dead is 80.

Source: The Standard March 10, 2020 08:18 UTC