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In 50 days the Coronavirus caused 521 dead in Romagna, a very heavy figure which adds up to more than 10 deaths on average on each day of the last month and a half. The shock data arises from an elaboration of the Ausl Romagna weekly reports and refers to a period of 7 weeks, from October 25 to December 13, that is, since the epidemic resumed with what is called the “second wave”. In the same 7 weeks, Ausl Romagna counted 22,764 positive tests, of which around 10,000 were asymptomatic. This means that about 2 out of 100 Romagnoli in the last month and a half have been found with a positive swab report.
Second wave harder than the first in Romagna
The second wave, from the point of view of deaths, is proving more dramatic than the first.. In all that period, between last March and May, Romaña found herself celebrating some 500-510 funerals caused by Covid, less than those caused by the current wave of infections (521), which among other things is still ongoing and which unfortunately will continue to charge. , statistically speaking, more victims. To separate the two moments of a summer break that, seen with today’s eyes, was a true period of grace: in the two months of August and September, when the first controversies and the first negative effects of the social gatherings were born. August 15, Romagna counted only 8 deaths. From July 27 to September 27, that is, in two months, there are fewer deaths than now occur in one day, in the same territory.
The hard numbers of mortality
The province of Ravenna is dramatically devastated by the duel. On Sunday, October 25, the official count indicated 87 victims, in fact an area only touched by the epidemic until that moment. Sunday, December 13, a month and a half later, the counted dead are 343, that is, 256 more. The black autumn of Covid will remain in the history of Lugo, who regretted 51 deaths in a month and a half, and Alfonsine, with 25 deaths in the same period. A very high concentration of deaths compared to the resident population. It is followed by the territory of the province of Rimini, which goes from 242 to 421 deaths, that is, 179 more in a month and a half. Forlì-Cesena, for its part, is the province least burdened by the second wave and in particular Cesenate, which recorded the “mildest” mortality data last spring, and which can now maintain this trend. The count of the second wave for Cesenate sees the passage of 81 dead in the official statistics to 119, that is to say 38 more. The same trend for Forlì and its district: as of October 25, at the beginning of the second wave, this area had registered 111 deaths, which increased to 159 on December 13, that is, 48 more in a month and a half.
The geography of mortality is reversed
Compared to the first wave, the geography of the worst affected areas changes completely. Between March and May, in the first wave, only the Ravenna area was touched, while the area with the highest concentration of infections and deaths was the southern province of Rimini, completed with the establishment of the “red zone” to partially protect the minus the capital of the tsunami that was occurring a few kilometers towards the Marches, such as Cattolica. Along with the province of Rimini, the trends in deaths in the cities of Forlì and Cesena were also worrying. Now, however, the image is completely reversed: Ravenna and Lower Romagna in the last month and a half have been hit by the epidemic even more brutally than the southern part of the province of Rimini in the first wave., which was confined to the “red zone” with road blocks between Rimini and Riccione. This area, in fact, reported 35-37 deaths in municipalities such as Riccione and Cattolica, but now there are more than 50 deaths in Lugo from the second wave. In the province of Rimini, there seems to be a conspicuous truce in the southern area, but Covid is hitting hard in the city of Rimini and in the northern part of the province, such as Santarcangelo and Bellaria. And finally, Forlì and Cesena, who were “under special surveillance” in the first wave, now report extremely slight statistics on the increase in deaths compared to the first wave, when compared to a population of around 100,000 and more. than the two cities.
Nursing home data is missing
It is difficult to say to what extent this uneven trend, even in Romagna, depends on compliance with measures against contagion in the different areas of our land. However, it is more likely that this geographical map of Covid in Romagna depends on large outbreaks, especially in nursing homes in the province of RavennaTherefore, it is not possible to correlate the statistics by municipality since Ausl Romagna and other organizations, such as the Region and the Prefectures, are not disseminating these dramatic figures, which sooner or later – whether or not – will be officially made public.
The ten most affected municipalities in Romagna
Finally, there is a sad ranking of the ten municipalities in Romagna most affected by the carnage caused by Covid. In absolute terms, there is the first place Ravenna with 109 dead in the last 50 days (from 37 to 146 deaths, from October 25 to December 13), followed by Rimini with 100 more dead (98 to 198), third in this dramatic ranking is Lugo with 51 more dead (from 4 to 55 deaths), in fourth place Forlì, which sees 26 more deaths (from 70 deaths in the first wave to the current 96), in fifth place the small town of Alfonsine, which mourns 25 more deaths (from 3 to 28), in sixth place Faenza with 19 more deaths (from 15 to 34), next to Santarcangelo (from 4 to 33 deaths), in eighth place Bellaria with 16 more deaths (from 6 to 22), in ninth place Cesena with 14 more deaths (from 67 to 81 deaths), in the 10th Riccione with 13 more deaths (from 37 to 50 deaths). Immediately below the top ten, there is an increase of 10 deaths in 50 days in Bagnacavallo and Cervia.