WelI m from Italy , but from center Italy Tuscany I think about 255 cases and something like 5 death cases but the fact is that just few days ago one man died in Pisa for a stroke, he already had heart problems, the man was found that also had Covid 19 virus. But he died for an heart attack not because the Covid 19. but they report that he died because Covid 19. And so on in very high % of reported deaath in Italy.
Doctors say that a great percentage of people has ZERO sympthoms, like 30% another 20 /30 % have very little symptoms.
Now in Italythey make test only to people that have more important symptoms like high fever or problems to breath.
So if we consider all people that are positive but are well with no symptoms , the percentage of death will be much lower than that in Italy.
Now we are in Italy at about 15000 positive with test, but probably the total positive (zero or very few sympyoms) are 150000. So the death rate would be a lot smaller.
The way it spreads so much in Lombardia and Emilia Romagna and in particular in some cities of those region is because inside the hospital is the best place to take the virus at the beginning everybody went there also to do a test but then those places are the best place to take any kind of virus.
In South Korea and also in China to me inside the hospitals have more rigid severe rule of anticontamination, I dont want say that Italian hospitals are not good, far from that especially in North Italy, but we dont have the same maniacal rigid rules and precautions of China and South Corea.
Second point is that in South Corea test much more people than in Italy , thats why the Covid 19 percentage is so low and more true to the reality. Some say because Italian population is older. Well not so big difference. This could be true if we compare with Africa where average age is about 18 years old , against 45 , 46 of many European country.
By the way they should not put the panic into people , yesterday I was schocked by the news that after the very first case in Kenya, peoplein Naiorobi just begin to assault supermarket without control.
These type of reactions are more dangerous than any Virus.