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Even if they can't test everyone who dies for Covid-19, I'm sure Italy is recording the total number of deaths. It should be possible to determine how much the
by freyir 7y ago
Even if they can't test everyone who dies for Covid-19, I'm sure Italy is recording the total number of deaths. It should be possible to determine how much the total death rate increased each week or month relative to the average death rate over the past few years.
EDIT: I found a non-paywall version of the article on MSN and that's essentially what they're reporting. "Nowhere in Italy has been harder hit than Bergamo, a city of about 120,000 people. In March 2019, 125 people died in the city. This March, 553 people died."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italys-coronavirus-death-toll-is-far-higher-than-reported/ar-BB122vvc?li=BBnb7Kz https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italys-coronavirus-deat...
- thu2111 7y agoBut remember that last year there was a flu season and this year there wasn't - deaths over this winter were far lower. The comparison of March to March would look like that even if there was a virus exactly as dangerous as flu but that hit in the spring instead of winter, because so many fragile people survived the winter.
- jsnell 7y agoMore comprehensive data, accounting for the majority of the province rather than one city: https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/coronavirus-the-real-death-tool-4500-victims-in-one-month-in-the-province-of_1347414_11/ https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/coronaviru... 4.5k excess deaths in March, on a total population of 607k.