Italy’s Covid-19 deaths spike while cases plateau

Rome, Nov 27 : Italy’s Covid-19 mortality rate has continued to spike while the rate of new cases have inched lower, health experts said, but warned against relaxing the incumbent restrictions.
On Thursday, the country, one of the worst-hit in Europe, reported 29,003 new cases, an increase from 25,851 a day earlier, but the daily figure stayed below 33,000 for the 10th time in 13 days since the infection rate topped 40,000 on November 13.
The new cases has increased the overall tally to 1,509,875.
The GIMBE Foundation, a health sector observatory group, said on Thursday that for the first time since the start of the second wave in September, the weekly number of infections has declined.
But its President Nino Cartabellotta warned that the apparent progress on the infection rate did not mean the government should ease therestrictions when it releases its next coronavirus decree on December 3.
“An imprudent relaxation of the measures risks a new inversion of the curve by the end of the year, which, as we all know, could again overload hospitals at a time when the seasonal flu is on its way,” Cartabellotta said.