Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

August 10, 2020

Excess Deaths and Hospital Admissions for COVID-19 Due to a Late Implementation of the Lockdown in Italy

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  • Palladino et al. evaluated the effect of the national lockdown in Italy and compared ICU admission, general hospital admissions, and deaths to estimated numbers that may have resulted if the lockdown had started one week earlier. They conclude that an earlier implementation of the lockdown would have avoided about 60% of cases, 52% of non-ICU admissions, 48% of ICU admissions, and 44% of deaths in the two months following the lockdown. 

Palladino et al. (Aug 5, 2020). Excess Deaths and Hospital Admissions for COVID-19 Due to a Late Implementation of the Lockdown in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165644