Oh, data, that pesky thing. I go here, and observe rate of change (log) graphs. I ignore linear body counts, which all the headlines scream:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Italy is flattening and exponential growth becomes exponential decay.
Italy new cases did flatten to 3500-4000 per day for a few days this past week, but they have since resumed increasing on a daily basis. So I don't think they are out of the woods yet. It may not be exponential, but it is very much super-linear
Italy is flattening and exponential growth becomes exponential decay.