意大利成为冠状病毒病例数第二高的国家

意大利成为冠状病毒病例数第二高的国家

Italy’s total number known number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases crept past that of South Korea, becoming the country with the second-highest number of infections today after China.

意大利已知的Covid-19冠状病毒病例总数已超过韩国，成为继中国之后感染人数第二高的国家。

Italian government authorities say the country now has 7,375 cases. That is 62 more than South Korea.

意大利政府当局表示，该国目前有7375个病例，比韩国多出62个。

Early in the outbreak, Italy was zealous in testing those living in hotbed areas, even if they had no symptoms or close contact with someone known to be infected. So far, Italian health personnel have performed some 50,000 tests.

在疫情爆发初期，意大利对那些生活在温床区的人进行了检测，即使他们没有任何症状或与已知感染者有密切接触。到目前为止，意大利卫生人员已经进行了大约50000次检测。

Most of Italy’s deaths and cases have occurred in Lombardy, a populous northern region which the government ordered under lockdown until April 3.

意大利的大部分死亡和病例都发生在伦巴第，这是一个人口稠密的北部地区，政府下令将其封锁至4月3日。