Covid victims in Lombardy
The aim of this page is to provide a more accurate view of the actual toll of the covid pandemic in Lombardy, the most heavily affected region in Italy. Official data on covid deaths in Lombardy and Italy, like in most other severely affected countries and regions, are incomplete as it was not possible, especially (in Italy’s case) in March and in the worst-hit provinces, to test all victims for covid; thousands of people who died of covid, especially in retirement homes and to a lesser extent in their own homes, were buried without ever being tested for the virus, and as a result were not included in the official death toll, which is consequently an underestimate. Data on excess deaths instead offer a more accurate view of the actual death toll from the pandemic. The source of this data is a table by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Tavola decessi per 7270 Comuni nel periodo 1 gennaio-15 maggio per la media degli anni 2015-2019 e per l’anno 2020 per co...