Abstract
We describe the early phases of a COVID-19 epidemic in two contiguous Italian regions, Lombardy and Veneto, which were heavily and simultaneously hit by SARS-CoV-2 in Italy but showed markedly different disease outcome in terms of case fatality rate, SARS-CoV-2-attributable mortality and hospitalization. We discuss data limitations together with similarities and differences of the regional context possibly affecting COVID-19 control in the two regions. We conclude that the better COVID-19 outcome in Veneto was due, at least in part, to the adoption of a strategy of active search of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections (Reasoned Mass Testing), instead of a strategy strictly based on the detection of symptomatic cases.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2 Mass testing; case Fatality Rate; covid-19; lombardy; mortality; veneto.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Mortality, Case fatality rate, SARS-CoV-2 Mass testing, lombardy, veneto., 【초록키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, Hospitalization, SARS-COV-2 infection, outcome, Italy, Testing, Asymptomatic, Case fatality rate, adoption, disease, SARS-CoV-2 infections, COVID-19 epidemic, similarity, lombardy, mass, early phase, Fatality rate, symptomatic cases, similarities, limitation, Italian regions, regions, Veneto, affecting, 【제목키워드】 outcome, Community, Can,