Italy declares 27 more deaths and 400 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

The impact of the virus COVID-19 was felt in Italy’s wealthiest regions of Lombardy and Veneto. This is where the financial hub of Milan and the tourism hotspot of Venice are located. Italy’s lucrative tourism industry will be hurt. There are mass hotel cancellations. Some countries, including USA, advise against travel to Italy.

The loss of income of tourism problem does not only concern those 10 municipalities in Lombardy and Veneto, but is national.

On Sunday, Italy’s Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri announced that 3.6 billion euros (around $4 billion) would be injected into the economy to help sectors such as tourism and the logistics and transport industry, which have been badly impacted by the virus.

As of Tuesday morning, there were 2,041 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Italy and 52 deaths.

Lombardy is the epicenter of Italy’s outbreak with 1254 cases of the virus. 38 deaths and where 10 towns remain under lockdown.

Hospitals in Lombardy are struggling to cope and have called on the private health sector to help them.

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Italy declares 27 more deaths and 400 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - thelocal.it

Map - How coronavirus has hit Italy's regions - thelocal.it

Italy’s hospitals reach breaking point as Rome boosts funding to help virus-hit economy - cnbc.com

Interesting Detailed Maps: Confirmed Cases by Country/Region:
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Confirmed Cases by Country/Region

80,151 Mainland China
5,186 South Korea
2,336 Iran
2,036 Italy
706 Others
283 Japan
204 France
188 Germany
153 Spain
110 Singapore
106 US
100 Hong Kong
56 Kuwait
51 UK
49 Bahrain
47 Switzerland
43 Thailand
42 Taiwan
39 Australia
36 Malaysia
32 Norway
27 Canada
26 Iraq
24 Netherlands
21 Sweden
21 United Arab Emirates
21 Austria
16 Vietnam
13 Belgium
13 Lebanon
12 Israel
12 Oman
11 Iceland
10 San Marino
10 Macau
9 Croatia
7 Qatar
7 Ecuador
7 Greece
6 Denmark
6 Finland
5 Czech Republic
5 Algeria
5 India
5 Pakistan
5 Mexico
3 Georgia
3 Philippines
3 Russia
3 Romania
3 Azerbaijan
2 Indonesia
2 Brazil
2 Portugal
2 Egypt
1 Afghanistan
1 Lithuania
1 Nepal
1 Luxembourg
1 Andorra
1 Saudi Arabia
1 Ireland
1 Nigeria
1 Senegal
1 Jordan
1 Armenia
1 Dominican Republic
1 Ukraine
1 Estonia
1 North Macedonia
1 Morocco
1 Cambodia
1 Monaco
1 Belarus
1 New Zealand
1 Latvia
1 Sri Lanka

This is where the name Lombard comes from:


"Who are these long-beards?," and Frea replied, "My lord, thou hast given them the name, now give them also the victory." From that moment onwards, the Winnili were known as the Longbeards (Latinised as Langobardi, Italianised as Longobardi, and Anglicized as Longobards or Lombards).