Number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Italy as of January 2025

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak caused massive troubles in Italy. As the graph shows, the spread of the virus put hospitals and medical staff under a lot of pressure. As of January 8, 2025, approximately 1,300 patients were hospitalized in Italy because of COVID-19. The highest figure since the start of the pandemic was registered on November 23, 2020, when 34,697 individuals were being treated in hospitals for COVID-19-related reasons. 

The resilience of the Italian healthcare system and the limited capacity of hospitals were among the most challenging issues facing authorities. In the last months, however, the country saw the end of this terrible situation: as of November 2023, roughly 85 percent of the total Italian population was fully vaccinated.

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