The first reason is that Germany’s medical resources are far richer than those in Italy. The second reason is that Italy’s population is aging seriously and the base of susceptible people is large. When the two are combined and compared, it seems that Germany The epidemic gap between China and Italy is so huge. This has nothing to do with the distance between the two countries.
As of now, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Italy has reached 97,689, with 10,779 deaths; the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Germany has reached 62,435, with 514 deaths. Through comparison, we can find that the difference in the number of infections between Germany and Italy is not particularly large, but the death toll in Germany is not even a fraction of that in Italy, directly exceeding the 10,000 mark! No country in the world currently has more deaths than Italy. The only reason that can be explained is that Italy's medical system is completely unable to cope with this virus infection and has reached the point of complete collapse.
Germany currently ranks fourth in the world in the number of infections, and Italy ranks second in the world. Italy's mortality rate has reached an astonishing 11%, while Germany's mortality rate is even less than one percent. So it is obvious that Germany's medical system and medical resources are currently able to cope with such a situation, while Italy's medical system has been completely penetrated by the epidemic. There is also news today that in order to help Italy, Germany has sent planes to send seriously ill patients to Germany for treatment.
So based on the data we can see now, the number of cases in Germany and Italy is of the same order of magnitude. However, due to the difference in medical resources, the cure rate of patients in Germany is much higher than that in Italy. Many patients infected with the new coronavirus have no choice but to die because they cannot receive timely help.
In addition, Italy is a country with a relatively aging population. Due to the lack of medical resources, the elderly are more likely to die from the new coronavirus infection, and the result is what we are seeing now!