Table 4 Extracted scaling exponents by region, for cumulative infections (\(\alpha _i\)); cumulative COVID-19 deaths (\(\alpha _d\)); cumulative increase of deaths in 2020 (\(\alpha _\delta\)) and difference between \(\alpha _\delta\) and \(\alpha _d\).

Valle d’Aosta

3.29

2.38

2.33

0.05

Lombardia

3.51

3.04

2.43

0.61

Trentino A.A.

2.78

1.88

1.91

0.08

Emilia R.

2.91

2.90

3.00

0.10

Piemonte

3.37

2.28

2.38

0.10

Marche

2.86

2.90

2.94

0.04

Liguria

3.86

2.60

2.97

0.37

Veneto

3.28

2.28

1.62

− 0.66

Toscana

3.12

1.76

1.71

− 0.05

Friuli V.G.

2.49

1.72

1.93

0.21

Abruzzo

3.40

2.78

2.25

− 0.53

Umbria

3.09

1.16

0.02

− 0.96

Lazio

3.24

2.12

0.00

− 2.12

Molise

2.38

0.8

0.00

− 0.80

Puglia

3.18

2.32

1.33

− 0.99