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

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

Authors

  • Carlo Signorelli School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Anna Odone School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Vincenza Gianfredi School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  • Eleonora Bossi School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Daria Bucci School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Aurea Oradini-Alacreu School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Beatrice Frascella School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Michele Capraro School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Federica Chiappa School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Lorenzo Blandi IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, School of Public Health, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
  • Fabio Ciceri IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Keywords:

COVID-19, Mortality, Metropolitan regions, Hospital care system

Abstract

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)

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Signorelli C, Odone A, Gianfredi V, et al. 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 Biomed. 2020;91(2):23-30. doi:10.23750/abm.v91i2.9600