Author/Authors :
Signorelli, Carlo School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Odone, Anna School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Gianfredi, Vincenza School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Bossi, Eleonora School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Bucci, Daria School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Oradini-Alacreu, Aurea School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Frascella, Beatrice School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Capraro, Michele School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Chiappa, Federica School of Medicine - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy , Blandi, Lorenzo School of Public Health - University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy , Ciceri, Fabio IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
We analyzed the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in 6 metropolitan regions with similar demo-graphic characteristics, daytime commuting population and business activities: the New York metropolitan area, the Île-de-France region, the Greater London county, Bruxelles-Capital, the Community of Madrid and the Lombardy region. The highest mortality rates 30-days after the onset of the epidemic were recorded in New York (81.2 x 100,000) and Madrid (77.1 x 100,000). Lombardy mortality rate is below average (41.4 per 100,000), and it is the only situation in which the capital of the region (Milan) has not been heavily impacted by the epidemic wave. Our study analyzed the role played by containment measures and the positive contribu-tion offered by the hospital care system. (www.actabiomedica.it)
Keywords :
COVID-19 , Mortality , Metropolitan regions , Hospital care system
