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March 17, 2020 In Italy there are 26,062 coronavirus patients (+2,989 on yesterday), to which must be added 2,941 healed (+192) and 2,503 deaths (+345), 11,108 people in isolation, 2,060 people in intensive care. This is what was illustrated by the emergency commissioner Angelo Borrelli in today's press point. The number of total cases jumps to 31,506, a growth of 3,526, higher than yesterday.

Next week data referring to measures taken
Today's data on coronavirus infection in Italy "is in the trend of the data we are experiencing in this period. Next week we will be able to have more adequate data, especially in relation to the
appropriate measures ".

Intensive care places in Bergamo
"The field hospital of the Alpine troops will be installed in Bergamo. It will be located at the Bergamo Fair Authority. Commissioner Angelo Borrelli said it during the press conference at the Civil Protection. In the meantime, the 80 intensive care beds reserved for patients hospitalized in serious conditions for Coronavirus at the Papa Giovanni XXII hospital in Bergamo, the area most affected by the epidemic. The dramatic situation, confirmed by hospital sources, has been recorded in these hours. For the patients who will need ventilation and oxygen will use the Italian intensive care network.

In the meantime, 12 new beds have been set up at the Papa Giovanni XXII hospital in Bergamo for patients with coronavirus who undergo less invasive forms of oxygen therapy, with the help of "helmets". This is what is learned from hospital sources. The 80 intensive care places have already been exhausted for several days, a circumstance that has led the hospital to make use of the national network of intensive care units for which patients who cannot be admitted are destined.

The first family doctor died
The first family doctor infected by Covid-19 died in Bergamo. Mario Giovita, 65, had been hospitalized in the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital in recent days. His health conditions, according to what has been learned, have deteriorated rapidly and the death occurred from the complications of the Coronavirus. In Bergamo, there are 100 family doctors infected, say general practitioners (Fimmg), some of whom are in serious condition.

Funeral home collapse
The funeral honors of Bergamo are exhausted due to the continuous requests for intervention for the deaths caused by the coronavirus. Many agencies have upgraded the switchboard service to accommodate the numerous calls that come. The average of requests sent to funeral agencies is over ten calls per hour. Some of the operators do not hide that the situation has reached a "point of no return" and very often "it is not possible to cope with the dozens of requests that arrive there". There are also numerous coffins found in the cemetery church awaiting cremation, with a waiting list that touches the seven days. At the cemetery, the burials take place at a fast pace, and for some days they have also been done on Sunday.

4,682 volunteers at work
There are 4682 volunteers working on the Coronavirus emergency front: 581 more than yesterday, to which are added the health personnel, the police and the armed forces. This is the data provided by Commissioner Angelo Borrelli during the press conference on the Covid-19 emergency for civil protection. "The pre-triage tents have an additional 22 tents and we have reached 622 tents and 122 in prisons".

In Lombardy 32.5% of all masks
"To Lombardy we delivered ffp2 and ffp3 masks equal to 32.5 per cent of the total, 40 per cent of gloves and 80 per cent of protective clothing". The head of the Civil Protection says it, Angelo
Borrelli, at a press conference.