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By Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 19 March 2020 The latest data released by the Civil Protection on the Covid-19 emergency not only show Italy's overcoming of China in relation to the number of deaths but also highlight a surge in the number of new infections.

Giovanni Maga , director of the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the National Research Council (Cnr-Igm) after the latest data on the Coronavirus crisis comments: "I don't feel like saying that we have done something wrong, I would say no. All that at the moment it can be done we are doing it. We probably pay the price of a very old population . And diseases like diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular problems that can be treated, combined with this virus can give poor prognosis. Probably then, there are differences between us and the China from the demographic point of view and the incidence of diseases ". Speaking to the AGI, she then stressed: "We still have to wait to see the effects of the containment measures ", but in the meantime it is better not to let our guard down on Milan and tighten even more the cordon on Bergamo and Brescia.

The director of the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the National Research Council (Cnr-Igm) explained: "Today there has been an increase in new cases, there are about 2000 more than the cases notified yesterday and Lombardy is increasingly the region leading the epidemic ".

Even if yesterday's data "could have been due to incomplete data - continued Maga - today's data show a significant increase in the number of new infected in the province of Brescia and in the province of Milan which counted over 600 new cases. it must be frightening in the sense that we are seeing the outward flow of infections that occurred two weeks ago, ten days ago, so before the total blockade imposed on March 11. So it is likely that there will still be spikes in the coming days cases while the effects of containment measures will probably be seen starting from next week ".

The situation in Milan and in the metropolitan area should be particularly monitored. "It is certain - he concluded - that a decisive increase in new cases in the province of Milan which has a densely populated metropolitan area must make us think and above all it is necessary to maintain more than rigorous control of the containment measures in order to avoid further aggravation before seeing the positive effects of the measures put in place. With this in mind, we could think of tightening the cord even more on the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia ".