The number of 'new poor' in Italy has
risen by 24.4% to 132,717 between the start of September last
year and the end of March this year, due to the COVID crisis,
Catholic charity Caritas said Tuesday.
In all, in the seven months, Caritas said it helped out 544,775
people.
Women accounted for 53.7% of this total, which was also
constituted of Italians to the tune of 57.8%, Caritas said.
As for the new poor, who had never resorted to charity before,
Caritas said 60.4% were Italians and men and women were equally
represented.
The survey covered 190 diocesan Caritas units, or 87.1% of the
total in Italy.
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