veneto. the next day, one of them, a 78-year-old man, died at the schiavonia hospital in monselice, making him the first fatality in italy. the man lived in the municipality of vò, which was put under quarantine. on 23 february, a 68-year-old woman with cancer from trescore cremasco died in crema. the number of cases in italy rose to 152, including fourteen patients being treated at policlinico san matteo in pavia. on 24 february, an 84-year-old man with pre-existing medical conditions from villa di serio died in bergamo while hospitalised in the papa giovanni xxiii hospital. an 88-year-old man from caselle landi, who resided in codogno, died on the same day. an 80-year-old man from castiglione d'adda died at the luigi sacco hospital in milan. he was previously hospitalised in lodi because of a heart attack, and then transferred to milan when confirmed as positive. a 62-year-old man with pre-existing medical conditions from castiglione d'adda died in sant'anna hospital in como. lombardy governor attilio fontana announced that the number of cases in lombardy had risen to 172, with a total of 229 confirmed in italy. on 25 february, an 84-year-old man from nembro, a 91-year-old man from san fiorano and an 83-year-old woman from codogno died from complications caused by the infections. on the same day, a 76-year-old woman with pre-existing medical conditions died in treviso. on 26 february, an additional case involving a minor was identified. an 8-year-old girl who lived in codevigo tested positive. the number of cases in emilia-romagna rose to 23, spreading through the provinces of piacenza, parma, modena and rimini. these were all linked to the lombardy cluster. a new case linked to the outbreak in lombardy appeared in palermo, sicily, when a 60-year-old woman from bergamo tested positive and was admitted to cervello hospital. a 49-year-old man who previously visited codogno tested positive in pescia, tuscany. officials in liguria confirmed that a 72-year-old female tourist from castiglione d'adda tested positive in alassio while she was staying in a hotel. the woman was treated at a hospital in genoa. later in the day, a second case in liguria was confirmed, a 54-year-old man who had visited codogno for work and tested positive in la spezia. on 26 february, a 69-year-old man from lodi with pre-existing medical conditions died in emilia-romagna. the mayor of borgonovo val tidone, pietro mazzocchi, tested positive for sars-cov-2 and underwent a voluntary isolation at home. civil protection's first aid spot in padua additional cases involving six minors were identified in lombardy. a 4-year-old girl from castiglione d'adda was admitted to policlinico san matteo in pavia, and a 15-year-old was hospitalised in seriate hospital in bergamo. two 10-year-olds from cremona and lodi tested positive and were discharged. a 17-year-old from valtellina who attended a school in codogno, and a school friend from sondrio, also tested positive. officials in apulia confirmed that a 33-year-old man from taranto, who returned from codogno on 24 february, tested positive and was admitted to san giuseppe moscati hospital. a close advisor to lombardy governor attilio fontana tested positive for sars-cov-2. although fontana tested negative, he decided to put himself in preventive isolation as well. officials in campania confirmed two new cases. a 24-year-old woman from caserta, who had visited milan, tested positive. a 25-year-old ukrainian woman from cremona, who previously visited lombardy, tested positive at a hospital in vallo della lucania. both were transferred to hospital domenico cotugno in naples, where they underwent isolation. on 26 february, a woman who had returned from milan in the days before the emergency in lombardy had started tested positive for the virus in catania, sicily. on 27 february, two 88-year-olds and an 80-year-old died in lombardy. officials in abruzzo confirmed that a 50-year-old man from brianza, lombardy tested positive and was admitted to the intensive-care unit at giuseppe mazzini hospital at teramo. he and his family were staying in his holiday home at roseto degli abruzzi. on 28 february, four people died, including an 85-year-old lombardy resident in one of the quarantine zones at a hospital in piacenza, a 77-year-old and two others over the age of 80. as of 1 march 2020, there were 984 confirmed cases and 73 recoveries in lombardy. on the same day, veneto governor luca zaia mentioned that after the first two cases, he ordered all 3,300 vò residents to be tested. of 6,800 swabs, 1.7% were confirmed positive. this epidemiological study would be used for outbreak investigation by the university of padua. on 4 march, emilia-romagna's regional minister of health, raffaele donini, and minister for territories, barbara lori, were declared positive for covid-19. governor stefano bonaccini and the other members of the regional government tested negative. on 8 march, prime minister giuseppe conte extended the quarantine lockdown to cover the whole region of lombardy and 14 other northern provinces. on 10 march, prime minister conte increased the quarantine lockdown to cover all of italy, including travel restrictions and a ban on public gatherings. by 14 march, no new cases were detected in the municipality of vò. on 25 march, the associated press dubbed the uefa champions league match between bergamo club atalanta b.c. and spanish club valencia at the san siro in milan on 19 february as "game zero". the match was the first time atalanta has progressed to a champions league round of 16 match, and had an attendance of over 40,000 people – about one-third of bergamo's population. by 24 march, almost 7,000 people in the province of bergamo had tested positive for covid-19, and more than 1,000 people had died from the virus – making bergamo the most hard-hit province in all of italy during the pandemic. march 2020: spread to other regions on 25 february, the first case in florence, tuscany involved a 63-year-old entrepreneur with companies in asia who had returned from the philippines and singapore on 6 january. he tested positive and was admitted to santa maria annunziata hospital. the first case in rimini involved a 71-year-old man from cattolica who returned from romania on 22 february. he tested positive and was admitted to infermi hospital. a 51-year-old man from piandimeleto who went to romania with the man also tested positive and underwent self-quarantine at home. on 26 february, one of the people with whom he had interacted in romania tested positive. on 26 february, the norwegian institute of public health confirmed that a 26-year-old norwegian man living in florence tested positive and had been admitted to santa maria annunziata hospital. he had been staying in norway for 14 days and had returned to florence five days before becoming ill. number of cases (blue) and number of deaths (red) on a logarithmic scale. the passenger ferry gnv rhapsody was placed under isolation in the port of genoa with 58 crew members on board after a passenger tested positive for the virus after having sailed to tunisia on the ship. on 7 march, president of lazio and leader of the democratic party, nicola zingaretti, tested positive for covid-19. ten days before, he was in milan attending public events. the following day, president of piedmont alberto cirio also tested positive. a us navy sailor stationed in naples tested positive on 6 march. health officials in the us military began "a thorough contact investigation" to determine if any other person may have been exposed to the virus. on 11 march, it was announced that juventus and national team footballer daniele rugani had tested positive for covid-19. gimbe (italy's group for evidence-based medicine), in a report from 18 march, analysed data from the istituto superiore di sanità and found that healthcare workers represented over 8% of all detected covid-19 cases. on 26 march 2020, italica grondona became the world's oldest person to recover successfully from covid-19 at the age of 102. she was successfully recovered from covid-19 after being tested positive with mild symptoms and was hospitalised in genoa on 9 march for 20 days. on 22 march, it was announced that juventus forward paulo dybala and former italy national team captain paolo maldini had tested positive for covid-19. march–may 2020: under national lockdown