FIGURE 1.
Deceased donors used for organ transplantation during the initial Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, according to patients with COVID-19 admitted in intensive care unit in Italy. The figure describes the daily number of deceased donors used for organ transplantation from February 24, 2020 to March 22, 2020 (the first 4 wk of COVID-19 outbreak in Italy) compared with the daily average of deceased donors used during the same time frame of the last 5 y (2015-2019). The dotted line corresponds to the trend line of deceased donors since the COVID-19 spread in Italy. Data of patient with COVID-19 admitted in ICU were retrieved by the Italian National Institute of Health.5 *February 29, 2020 was a leap day, present only in 2016 and 2020. DD, deceased donor; ICU, intensive care unit; COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019