Study shows COVID-19 is direct cause of death in 90% of cases in Italy
MAX CIVILI
Press TV, Rome
A new study in Italy has found that COVID-19 can be directly linked to the death of coronavirus sufferers in 90 percent of cases. This is while the Italian government is reportedly considering extending the state of emergency until the end of October.
A joint study by the Higher Health Institute ISS and national bureau of statistics ISTAT has found that COVID-19 is the direct cause of death for almost nine out of ten people positive for SarsCov2 who have died in Italy.
The report is based on doctors' death reports on some 5,000 coronavirus positive individuals. It also highlights that COVID-19 can be fatal even in patients with no other conditions as there were no pre-existing concurrent causes of death in almost 30 percent of the deaths analyzed.
The report shows that about seven out of ten COVID-19 sufferers who died in Italy had at least one other condition, three out ten had one and four out of ten had two or more.
There is a fierce debate within Italy's political community and greater society over the government's prudent line on the pandemic. According to right-leaning parties the emergency is over. However the majority of Italians believe measures such wearing face masks and
keeping at least one metre apart at all times should stay.
The government has recently signed off on an extension to the latest emergency decree meaning that current emergency rules will remain in place at least until July 31st. However, according to the Italian media, the government is considering extending the state of emergency
until the end of October.
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