Stephanie Brickman Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Stephanie Brickman In the case of COVID-19, patients who pass away from the disease were infected 2-3 weeks previously on average. The outbreak in Italy has been evolving for longer than other places in Europe, and therefore more patients will have completed their final outcome and either been discharged or sadly passed away, other European countries, which are earlier in the epidemic, may well begin to experience deaths in the coming days and weeks. Stephanie Brickman