FRENCH UPDATES OVER COVID-19 OUTBREAK 7,481 PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES

USPA NEWS - This Saturday, April 18, the COVID-19 affects 1, confirmed cases and surpassed the mark of 150,000 death, which have been reported worldwide.
In France, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, (the 33rd day) of lockdown (which started on March 17th) is extended until May 11, as it was announced during the week, by the French President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, via his address last Easter Monday, on TV, Tf1, BFM TV at 8: pm.In France, the COVID-19 outbreak, caused 642 more deaths, out of a total toll of 19,323 since the beginning of the epidemic (As of 1st March). Though the number of intensive care patients slows down for the 3rd consecutive day, among the 30,600, total hospitalizations, 1,565 within the last 24hours, according to the daily report announced by Jerome Salomon, General Director of Ministry fo Health. The positive COVID-19 have been reported as confirmed cases.As the Coronavirus epidemic spreads worldwide and the number of people infected continues to increase, a « plateau » is noted in the curves of COVID-19, infections, and death related to the Coronavirus, in response to the confinement. Besides,

This Saturday, April 18, the COVID-19 affects 1, confirmed cases and surpassed the mark of 150,000 death, which have been reported worldwide. In France, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, (the 33rd day) of lockdown (which started on March 17th) is extended until May 11, as it was announced during the week, by the French President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, via his address last Easter Monday, on TV, Tf1, BFM TV at 8: pm. In France, the COVID-19 outbreak, caused 642 more deaths, out of a total toll of 19,323 since the beginning of the epidemic (As of 1st March). Though the number of intensive care patients slows down for the 3rd consecutive day, among the 30,600, total hospitalizations, 1,565 within the last 24hours, according to the daily report announced by Jerome Salomon, General Director of Ministry fo Health. The positive COVID-19 have been reported as confirmed cases.----------------------------------- As the Coronavirus epidemic spreads worldwide and the number of people infected continues to increase, a « plateau » is noted in the curves of COVID-19, infections, and death related to the Coronavirus, in response to the confinement. Besides, The technical lead of WHO´s Health Emergencies Programme, Maria Van Kerkhove, noted that China had updated their numbers, adding “an additional 325 cases and 1,290 deaths from Wuhan. The USA crosses the bar of 700,000 cases identified, more than 36,000 dead including 3,778 just in New York. The country, which has been the most affected by the epidemic in the world since the end of March, now has 700,282 cases of COVID-19 contamination and 36,773 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. According to the latest assessment, Italy, reports 23,000 people dead due to COVID-19, although the number of death is slowing for the 6th days in a row. (Updated on April 18 at 9:35 pm) These figures do not take into account deaths from COVID-19, at home, or those of disabled people who died in specialized facilities. We apologize for having published figures since the start of the epidemic, without seeing any mention of these fatalities, as they are unavailable from French health authorities.

WORLDWIDE UPDATES OVER COVID-19 OUTBREAK Spain has indicated that the confinement has been extended to May 9. Algeria, which has reported 2,418 people infected with the disease and 364 deaths at this stage, extends the confinement by 10 days, which now runs until April 29. In Morocco, where the number of confirmed cases is 2,685 and the number of deaths is 137, the confinement put in place on March 20 will last until May 20. Since May 7, wearing a protective mask is mandatory in Morocco for anyone authorized to leave their home during the coronavirus epidemic. Italy (23,227) and Spain (20,043) are the most affected countries in Europe, followed by France (19,323) and the United Kingdom (15,464). Worldwide, at least 2,281,334 cases of COVID-19 have been identified, which however only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections, with a large number of countries testing only serious cases. IN NURSING HOMES & MEDICO-SOCIAL FACILITIES 7,481 ELDERLY PEOPLE DIED OVER COVID-19-------------- Of this total in 24 hours, 364 deaths were observed in hospitals and 278 in nursing homes and other medico-social establishments. Since the start of the epidemic, 19,323 people have died, including 11,842 in hospitals and 7,481 in social and medico-social facilities. 5,833 people are currently in intensive care, a figure that continues to fall. If 206 new patients have been admitted to the intensive care unit for the past 24 hours, this balance remains negative for the tenth consecutive day (-194). FOR THE 4RD DAY IN A ROW OF SLOWING NY,NER OF HOPISTALISATIONS OVER COVID-19 OUTBREAK According to the last release of the general direction of health this Saturday, 364 people died in the hospital during the past day. It is the fourth consecutive day of decline in hospitalizations in France, over the COVID-19 outbreak. COVID-19 progress curves in France, show a slightly tiny hope“¦The government, through its Public Health agency France, monitors the development of the coronavirus in the country with daily reports, posted on the "Info coronavirus" website. From these data, several curves have been developed which allow us to observe the evolution of the virus according to the number of hospitalizations, the number of patients in intensive care, the number of deaths in a hospital environment and the number of returns to homes, assimilated to healings. For each graph, the curve represents the cumulative (ex: total hospitalizations) while the bars correspond to daily data (new hospitalizations each day):