The Covid-19 has already killed more than 150,000 people worldwide.
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DIn the severely affected New York State, 540 coronavirus patients have died in the past 24 hours, CNN news reported on Saturday, quoting Governor Andrew Cuomo. For the first time in about two weeks, the number of daily deaths has dropped below 600.
Lots of hospital admissions in New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo also announced at his daily press conference that in one day, approximately 2,000 people with symptoms of Covid-19 were admitted to hospitals.
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In this state of some 19 million, more than 226,000 people have been infected and more than 16,000 have died. On the other hand, the number of patients with Covid-19 has been steadily decreasing in the past three days, according to the Democratic Governor.
According to local media reports, Cuomo concluded that the fight against the virus is progressing. “If you look at the past three days, you can conclude that we have passed the peak and started the decline. Despite his cautious optimism, he stressed that “we are still not in a good position. Cuomo said it is clear that more tests are needed before one can think of reviving the economy in New York.
The decline continues in Italy
Symbolic image: the church of Bergamo where the coffins accumulated at the height of the epidemic finally empty this Saturday evening. Finally.
In the past 24 hours, 482 people have died in Italy due to the new coronavirus, according to the Ansa news agency on Saturday. The increase in the number of deaths was smaller than Friday, when there were 575 additional deaths. In total, at least 23,227 people have already died from the disease on the peninsula.
The downward trend in intensive care admissions continued. There are now 2,733 patients in the intensive care unit, 79 fewer than on Friday. Of these patients, 947 are in Lombardy, 24 fewer than the day before.
Nearly 20,000 deaths in France
The coronavirus epidemic has killed at least 19,323 people in France since the beginning of March, or 642 more in 24 hours, but the number of patients hospitalized and in intensive care continues to decline, said the Directorate General of Health on Saturday.
A total of 11,842 deaths were recorded in hospitals (+364) and 7,481 (+278) in nursing homes and other medico-social establishments, said the DGS in a press release.
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