The new coronavirus due 319 new deaths recorded at the hospital in twenty-four hours in France, bringing the death toll to 2,314 dead since the start of the epidemic, according to figures published on Saturday, March 28, on the government website.
According to this latest assessment, which leads to 37,575 the number of confirmed cases in the country, 17,620 patients are hospitalized (+ 1,888) of which 4,273 are in intensive care, representing a new influx of 486 people in a single day. And 6,624 were able to return home, including 926 in the past twenty-four hours.
Government plans to move to 14,000 beds in intensive care against 5,000 initially when the coronavirus pandemic killed more than 2,300 people in hospital. He also indicated that France will go up to speed to carry out tests detecting the coronavirus, with “50,000 tests” classics per day by the end of April, to which will be added “More than 100,000” rapid tests per day ” in the month of June “.
France ordered “More than a billion” masks especially in China, also announced the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, specifying that the nursing staff needed 40 million masks each week. “A narrow and intensive air bridge between France and China has been set up in order to facilitate the entry of masks into the territory”, he noted. According to government figures, France produces 8 million masks per week, making it essential to import these health materials during the crisis the country is going through. “Our reserves are not infinite”, underlined Mr. Véran.
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In the absence of a proven vaccine or treatment, more than three billion people in the world remain confined to their homes, Sunday March 29, to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has already made more than 30,000 victims on the planet. Europe is the continent hardest hit and accounts for two thirds of the world’s deaths, with Italy and Spain being the two most bereaved countries in the world.
United States They are the country with the highest number of confirmed cases (121,117) and the number of deaths reached 2,010 on Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins University, the count of which refers. The death toll has doubled since Wednesday, when it crossed the 1,000 mark.
US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he finally gave up on quarantining the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, having raised this possibility earlier today. New York State is by far the most affected by coronavirus in the United States, with 52,318 cases and 728 deaths. Asked about the possibility of a closure of the state borders decided by Washington, the governor Cuomo had warned, on CNN, that it would be a decision “Illegal”, similar to “A declaration of war against states” of the Union.
With 10,023 respectively (889 additional deaths in 24 hours) and 5,690 deaths (832 more in one day), Italy and Spain alone account for almost three-quarters of European deaths. Faced with this worsening number of deaths, the head of the Spanish government Pedro Sanchez announced the cessation of all economic activities “Not essential” for two weeks.
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