Claim: The National Health Institute in Italy has recalculated the Covid-19 death toll from 130,468 down to 3,783 directly due to Covid-19, or 2.9% of the total.
Fact-check: Italy hasn't changed its Covid-19 death toll from 130,000 to under 4,000 - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. research from the italian health authorities looking at a sample of around 8,000 people who'd died in hospital with covid-19 found 2.9% didn't have any previous underlying conditions, not that they didn't die of covid-19.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2021-11-10T00:00:00