Before revision: To evaluate if the effort to contain the epidemic spreading of the new Coronavirus disease 2019 is really working, we carried out an analysis of the time evolution of the infection in different Countries, by considering two well-known macroscopic growth laws, the Gompertz law  and the logistic law.
After revision: To evaluate the effectiveness of the containments on the epidemic spreading of the new Coronavirus disease 2019 is really working, we carried out an analysis of the time evolution of the infection in different Countries, by considering two well-known macroscopic growth laws, the Gompertz law and the logistic law.