The spread of COVID-19 in six western metropolitan regions: a false myth on the excess of mortality in Lombardy and the defense of the city of Milan

Carlo Signorelli; Anna Odone; Vincenza Gianfredi; Eleonora Bossi; Daria Bucci; Aurea Oradini-Alacreu; Beatrice Frascella; Michele Capraro; Federica Chiappa; Lorenzo Blandi; Fabio Ciceri

doi:10.23750/abm.v91i2.9600

The spread of COVID-19 in six western metropolitan regions: a false myth on the excess of mortality in Lombardy and the defense of the city of Milan

Carlo Signorelli^*, Anna Odone, Vincenza Gianfredi, Eleonora Bossi, Daria Bucci, Aurea Oradini-Alacreu, Beatrice Frascella, Michele Capraro, Federica Chiappa, Lorenzo Blandi, Fabio Ciceri

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We analyzed the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in 6 metropolitan regions with similar demographic 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 contribution offered by the hospital care system. (www.actabiomedica.it).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-30
Number of pages	8
Journal	Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
Volume	91
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i2.9600
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2020

Keywords

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Cities
Coronavirus Infections/mortality
Hospitals
Humans
Italy/epidemiology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral/mortality
SARS-CoV-2
Urban Health

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Signorelli, C., Odone, A., Gianfredi, V., Bossi, E., Bucci, D., Oradini-Alacreu, A., Frascella, B., Capraro, M., Chiappa, F., Blandi, L., & Ciceri, F. (2020). The spread of COVID-19 in six western metropolitan regions: a false myth on the excess of mortality in Lombardy and the defense of the city of Milan. Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense, 91(2), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i2.9600

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The spread of COVID-19 in six western metropolitan regions: a false myth on the excess of mortality in Lombardy and the defense of the city of Milan. / Signorelli, Carlo; Odone, Anna; Gianfredi, Vincenza et al.
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