Comment by tomerico

Italy has an older population, hence more susceptible to deaths and spreading of the virus:

- Average age of death due to Coronavirus in Italy is 82 [1]

- In Italy, 3.65% of the population is 80 or older [2].

- In Korea, 1.75% of the population is 80 or older [3]

[1] https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/covid-19...

[2] https://www.populationpyramid.net/italy/2019/

[3] https://www.populationpyramid.net/republic-of-korea/2019/