{"id":12465,"date":"2020-04-21T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=12465"},"modified":"2020-05-20T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:03:22","slug":"italys-number-of-active-coronavirus-cases-has-fallen-for-the-first-time-2-months-after-its-devastating-outbreak-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/italys-number-of-active-coronavirus-cases-has-fallen-for-the-first-time-2-months-after-its-devastating-outbreak-began\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s number of active coronavirus cases has fallen for the first time, 2 months after its devastating outbreak began"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-piano-inline-content-wrapper=\"\" id=\"piano-inline-content-wrapper\">\n<ul>\n<li>The head of Italy&#8217;s civil protection service announced that the number of active coronavirus cases in Italy fell on Monday, for the first time since the outbreak began there, <a data-analytics-module=\"summary_bullets\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/italys-current-virus-cases-fall-first-time-180012462.html\">according to AFP<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The drop \u2014 of just 20 people \u2014 is nonetheless a glimmer of hope for one of the worst-affected countries in the world, as death rates and new infection rates are also on a broad downward trend.<\/li>\n<li>Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said <a data-analytics-module=\"summary_bullets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GiuseppeConte64\/photos\/a.389411158207522\/909520656196567\/?type=3&#038;theater\">in a Facebook post<\/a> on Tuesday that he would announce plans to continue easing the country&#8217;s lockdown by the end of the week.<\/li>\n<li>There have been 181,228 cases in Italy, and 24,114 people have died there of the virus.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a data-analytics-module=\"summary_bullets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/?hprecirc-bullet\">Visit Business Insider&#8217;s homepage for more stories<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The number of active coronavirus cases in Italy fell for the first time on Monday, two months after the country&#8217;s battle against the virus began.<\/p>\n<p>Angelo Borelli, head of the country&#8217;s civil protection service, told reporters that there were 108,237 active cases of the virus, down from 108,257 the day before, <a data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/italys-current-virus-cases-fall-first-time-180012462.html\">according to AFP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the first time, we have seen a new positive development,&#8221; Borelli said, according to AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The active cases number is the total number of infections minus those who have recovered and those who have died.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a graph of active cases, <a data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/italy\/\">via the data-tracking website Worldometers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"active coronavirus cases in italy as of April 20\" data-content-type=\"image\/png\" data-srcs=\"{\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5e9ec50ca34b3c5276385766\":{\"contentType\":\"image\/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":2,\"aspectRatioH\":1}}\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1 1'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>      <span><figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n          Chart showing the number of active coronavirus cases in Italy as of April 20, when the total was 108,237<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n            Worldometers<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>With deaths trending downwards, and new cases at their lowest in just over six weeks, that 20-person difference in active cases is a glimmer of hope for one of the world&#8217;s worst-affected countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the height of the pandemic, 919 people in Italy were reported dead from the virus on a single day. On Tuesday that number had more than halved, to 454.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the reported number of 2,256 new cases of the virus also suggested a slowing of its spread. It is the lowest number of new cases since March 10 \u2014 the day Italy went into nationwide lockdown \u2014 when 977 new cases were reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"giuseppe conte italy\" data-content-type=\"image\/png\" data-srcs=\"{\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5e9ec587e61f34573d108c35\":{\"contentType\":\"image\/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":2,\"aspectRatioH\":1}}\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1 1'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>      <span><figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n          Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte as he announced early lockdown measures on March 4, 2020.<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n            Remo Casilli\/Reuters<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte <a data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GiuseppeConte64\/photos\/a.389411158207522\/909520656196567\/?type=3&#038;theater\">suggested in a Facebook<\/a> post on Tuesday that further easing of Italy&#8217;s lockdown is coming on May 4, though not a total re-opening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s far too easy to say: &#8216;We open everything,'&#8221; wrote Conte. Instead, he promised a detailed plan taking into account the needs of industries, services and different parts of the country, to be announced by the end of the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some shops have already reopened on a trial basis in Italy, and forestry workers and some manufacturers have returned to work, <a data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/14\/eu-countries-coronavirus-lockdown-italy-spain\">according to The Guardian<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section>\n<p><svg aria-labelledby=\"title desc\" height=\"50\" role=\"img\" space=\"preserve\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" width=\"50\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title id=\"title\">Loading<\/title><desc id=\"desc\">Something is loading.<\/desc><path d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\" fill=\"#111\"><animatetransform attributename=\"transform\" attributetype=\"xml\" dur=\"0.6s\" from=\"0 25 25\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\" to=\"360 25 25\" type=\"rotate\"><\/animatetransform><\/path><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/italy-active-coronavirus-cases-drop-for-first-time-2020-4\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of Italy&#8217;s civil protection service announced that the number of active coronavirus cases in Italy fell on Monday, for the first time since the outbreak began there, according to AFP.The drop \u2014 of just 20 people \u2014 is nonetheless a glimmer of hope for one of the worst-affected countries in the world, as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16316,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465\/revisions\/16316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}