Italy Surpasses China in the Number of Deaths from COVID-19

In Italy, by the evening of March 19, more than five thousand cases of infection with the coronavirus COVID-2019 and 427 new deaths were recorded. The total number of infected exceeded 40 thousand. 3405 people died. Italy overtook China in the number of deaths. In China according to official figures, 3245 people died. Sun Shuopeng, the Chinese Red Cross vice president, after visiting the province of Lombardy criticized the authorities of this Italian region for quarantine introduced there being “not strict enough”. Sun Shuopeng told reporters that all economic activities should be stopped and people should stay at home. The Lombardy authorities emphasized that the Chinese specialist drew attention to the huge number of people using public transport and noted that there were very few masked people. In China itself, where the spread of the new virus started in December, according to local authorities, the COVID-19 epidemic is on the decline. However, doctors say that authorities can manipulate data. In Russia, authorities in all regions have decided to introduce a high-alert regime due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus. Schools and universities switched to distance learning, all sports and other public events were canceled. The government warned that restrictive measures would be strengthened if necessary. Over the last day in Russia, 52 new cases of COVID-19 were registered. There are 199 infected in total in Russia. 79-year-old patient of the Moscow Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 2 died of pneumonia. According to doctors, death occurred due to a torn blood clot. Only today, more than a thousand people have died from coronavirus around the world. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the total number of cases has amounted to almost 237 thousand. About 10 thousand people died.