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The Second Wave of COVID-19 in Italy: What’s Going On?

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  • Umberto Cornelli

    (Higher Technical Institute for Life Technologies, Italy)

  • Giovanni Belcaro

    (Darwin Lab & Irvine Labs, Italy)

  • Maria Rosaria Cesarone

    (Darwin Lab & Irvine Labs, Italy)

  • Martino Recchia

    (University of Lugano, Switzerland)

  • Roberto Cotellese

    (University G. d’Annunzio Pescara-Chieti, Italy)

Abstract

Background: a second wave (W2) of COVID-19 is affecting Italy. Objective: to analyze the ratio between deaths and positive cases in two different 36-day periods of W2. Methods: data were retrieved by the Official Bulletin of the Italian Protezione Civile. The analysis was based on mobile averages. Results: The ratios deaths/positive cases in the first 35-day period form October 9th and November 13th were of 2.45 ± 0.482 and in the second 36-day period from November 14th and December 19th was 2.37 ± 0.416. There is no statistical difference between the periods (p> 0.05). The differences are significant (p

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  • Umberto Cornelli & Giovanni Belcaro & Maria Rosaria Cesarone & Martino Recchia & Roberto Cotellese, 2021. "The Second Wave of COVID-19 in Italy: What’s Going On?," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 3(1), pages 46-49, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:3:y:2021:i:1:id:40638
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2021.3.1.638
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