At the last score, Friday March 20, 755 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Provence Alpes Côte-d’Azur. This figure has not been updated by the ARS since.
On the other hand in France, the last assessment communicated Saturday evening, reports 1.617 new cases detected Saturday (see the detail below).
In Paca, 59 patients have been admitted to intensive care since the end of the week. 11 people who tested positive for coronavirus died. They were hospitalized in the Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône and Vaucluse.
Number of cases by department
- 15 people in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (4 people on March 16)
- 34 people in the Hautes-Alpes (18 people on March 16)
- 142 people in the Alpes-Maritimes (57 people on March 16)
- 408 people in Bouches-du-Rhône (131 people on March 16)
- 132 people in the Var (63 people on March 16)
- 24 people in Vaucluse (4 people on March 16)
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region currently has 35 public and private adult resuscitation services, said a statement from the prefecture.
Resuscitation capacities doubled in Paca
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, with 450 adult resuscitation beds and 700 continuous monitoring beds, will therefore be able to double in its first phase its current resuscitation capacities to cover all vital emergencies by carrying them to 980 beds.
In a second phase, 200 additional ventilated beds could be mobilized, if necessary, by transformation, notably of the post-interventional surveillance rooms.
In addition, in order to continue responding to cardiological, nephrological and neurological emergencies, all of the intensive care capacities will be preserved with a capacity of 300 beds.
The prefecture also recalls blood product requirements (blood and platelets) remain essential.
The number of cases has increased the most since the start of the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic in the Bouches-du-Rhône department.
14,959 confirmed cases in France
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating worldwide, according to a well-established Saturday. Europe is still the epicenter of the epidemic with nearly 128,000 cases reported and 6,000 dead. Italy has more than 800 deaths in one day.
According to the latest update from Public Health France, the assessment in France is 14,959 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
6,172 are hospitalized and 5,500 are confined to confined homes. In hospitals, 1,525 serious cases are in intensive care and 562 are counted deceased in hospital.
In Europe, according to the site of John Hopkins University from Baltimore, which is monitoring the epidemic in real time, France is in fourth place among the countries most contaminated by the coronavirus, behind Italy, Spain and Germany.
Transfer of patients from Ajaccio to Marseille
The amphibious helicopter carrier “Tonnerre” of the French Navy arrived Sunday morning in Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud) to transfer a dozen patients to hospitals in Marseille: La Timone, Nord Hospital, Saint-Joseph and the European Hospital.
Corsica, which has 340,000 inhabitants of which 94,000 are aged 60 and over (29% against 25% in metropolitan France) according to INSEE, Thursday counted 164 confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to local health authorities.
The most affected regions are Île-de-France, Grand Est, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Hauts-de-France.
Blood donation continues
Despite the Covid-19 epidemic, the need for blood products remains essential. The places of collection are considered by the authorities of the State as authorized public places because vital and necessary, in the same way as the hospitals.
The French Blood Establishment invites people to visit its mobile blood drives and its donation houses remain open every day, especially students whose establishments are closed.
Protective measures (distancing, management of flows, wearing of staff and volunteer masks, etc.) are put in place to prevent the spread of the virus.
People with clinical signs should not show up at the collection site.
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