Bergamo area care home deaths
have risen 1,322 to 1,998 in the January 1-April 28 period
compared with the same period last year, prosecutor Maria
Cristina Rota said amid a probe into the high number of care
home deaths with the coronavirus on Wednesday.
Bergamo is one of the Italian cities hardest hit by the
coronavirus crisis.
Rota said she herself was investigating 13 care homes for
culpable epidemic and culpable manslaughter, with possible
charges against person or persons unknown.
It has emerged that only eight local care homes received
COVID patients discharged from hospital.
There are similar probes across Italy.
Police raided home from northern to southern Italy earlier
Wednesday.
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