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This was stated by the director of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care of Humanitas and president of the European Society of Intensive Care, commenting on the data according to which Italy would be the third country in the world in mortality from Covid. Mortality is concentrated in the weakest, the elderly and patients with comorbidities ”, he added.
“When so many sick people arrive together, even young people in a small percentage, but with a number that becomes large in a pandemic, they can end up in intensive care: in fact we have many young people in intensive care at this time.” This was stated to Sky TG24 by Maurizio Cecconi, director of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Humanitas and president of the European Society for Intensive Care, when commenting on the latest data on the health emergency linked to the spread of the coronavirus (LAST NEWS LIVE ), according to which Italy would be the third country in the world in mortality from Covid and the first in Europe.
Cecconi: “Mortality concentrated in the weakest and the elderly”
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“We have to take note of a second wave that has infected many people, so we have probably not been able to protect the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, from contagion. Mortality is concentrated in the weakest, the elderly and patients with comorbidities ”, added the expert during his intervention. However, we have to take the data with a grain of salt, because with many more infections the tracking system could not hold, so there could be many more asymptomatic that we are not counting and mortality could vary for that too ”.
Covid-19, Nature: “Death rate appears to be decreasing slightly”
A recent article published in Nature notes that compared to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the death rate from coronavirus appears to be decreasing. Although, as the source points out, the reasons that would have caused this decrease are currently unclear, several international investigations have shown a slight decrease in the fatality rate in patients with Covid-19 hospitalized in intensive care, who need ventilation. According to some scientists, cited by Nature, this decline could be related to the main weapons currently available to hinder Covid-19, including a greater number of medical and pharmaceutical possibilities, the deeper knowledge of the virus and the anti-contagion measures adopted in different countries. . “In future studies it will be appropriate to evaluate the effects of combining different treatments, from monoclonal antibodies to convalescent plasma, to steroids and drugs such as remdesivir,” said Derek Angus of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
