corona virus has risen to more than 1,000 in Italy, with 189 new deaths on Thursday (March 12). 198 people died there on Wednesday. According to WorldMeter , the number of victims has reached 15,113 so far. 1,017 people have died . Why is the death rate so high there ? 1. Older people in Italy may be a major factor in the high mortality rate in Italy. Italy is the oldest living European country. According to the New York Times , 23 percent of the population is 65 years of age or older. According to The Times , the median age of the Italian population is 47.3 (median is to determine a central age value relative to the total population and to divide the population into two groups considering the age below and above that standard). The median age for residents of the United States is 36.3. According to The Local , many of those who have died of corona in Italy are in their 80s and 90s. Chris Johnson, a pathologist at Temple University College of Public Health, thinks that if a person , regardless of age, suffers from at least one disease that weakens their immune system (such as cancer or diabetes), the person is at risk of coronary heart disease and is fatal. Kind of suffer. 2. Aubrey Gordon, an associate professor of pathology at the University of Michigan who has a high incidence in the same area , thinks that another reason for the high mortality rate in Italy may be the high incidence in one area , which requires urgent medical care. When there is a lot of infection in an area, there is a lot of pressure on the medical system and the medical system breaks down ; As has been the case in Wuhan, China. According to a recent report by the World Health Organization. The death toll in China's Wuhan Corona is 5.6 percent. And the death toll in the whole country is 0.6 percent. 3. In Italy , people who have been mildly infected with the corona virus have not been identified or added to the list. In that case, the actual number of victims is not known. Only the number of severely affected people is known. So in contrast to the number of victims being talked about , the death rate is increasing. Considering the situation in South Korea, the death rate is lower than the number of victims. According to Business Insider , 140,000 people have been diagnosed with the disease in the country. In contrast, their mortality rate is 0.6 percent. If the number of victims was shown less, their death rate would be higher. Chris Johnson said : " We probably don't know how many people have been affected. The symptoms of coronary heart disease are very mild or many people who are younger may not go for the test. According to him , the probable death rate in Italy is 3.4 percent. 4. Cultural Impact According to Professor Della Gustar, the tendency of Italians to go out more and the culture of touch has also influenced this. He says that in the case of Italy, the distance between the people of the United Kingdom and Ireland is much smaller than in the case of interpersonal communication. People there kiss each other while saying hello. Even with the closure of schools in the affected areas, it has not been possible to isolate many parents, said Professor Della Giusta. He said that even after the closure of schools in the Lombardy area , parents have taken their children on holidays in the mountains and seas of other regions. "They thought they were keeping the kids safe , but the results weren't really good." He said. Crisis of action and management Some experts believe that the new austerity measures taken in Italy are not only unprecedented , but also unstable. John Edmund, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the effects of such restrictions would be short-lived. He fears that if these are not implemented in the long run, the epidemic will continue for a long time. However, Professor Della described the current steps taken by Italy as "extraordinary" and "absolutely justified". He said initially the government's response was very slow. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday (March 11th) declared a global epidemic, with the virus increasing 13-fold outside China in the past two weeks . Although more than 70,000 people have been infected in the country of origin, the prevalence of the virus has decreased in China. However, the prevalence of this virus is increasing in other countries of the world besides China.