IdleRich
IdleRich
Also... regarding the "of the disease/with the disease" distinction
More than a quarter of the dead had no other illness or condition.Covid-19 was found to be the direct cause of death among 89% of the pandemic’s victims in Italy, according to a report on Thursday by the country’s higher health institute and national statistics agency.
The study was based on the death certificates of 4,942 people who had tested positive for Covid-19 and carried out until 25 May, by which time 31,573 people were officially reported to have died of the disease.
The main causes of death in the remaining 11% of positive cases were cardiovascular diseases (4.6%), tumours (2.4%), respiratory illnesses (1%), diabetes (0.6%), dementia (0.6%) and illnesses of the digestive system (0.5%).
In 28.2% of the cases analysed the virus was fatal in those who had no co-existing illnesses, while 71.8% had at least one other condition.