As a side note - and JFYI - Italy's situation is very nuanced, as you can see on this map (divided by region): http://opendatadpc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdash

As a side note - and JFYI - Italy's situation is very nuanced, as you can see on this map (divided by region): http://opendatadpc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/b0c68bce2cce478eaac82fe38d4138b1 http://opendatadpc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.h... In the North (and particularly in Lombardy) the situation is dramatic, in the center and in the south it is not (yet) that bad. Basically the lock-down (started on national level on the 10 th of March) seemingly - and for the moment - managed to work to reduce the spread of the infection in other regions. The previous lock-down (limited to some cities/provinces of the north) was only a couple days before and evidently too late to be effective.