IN FRANCE DEATH TOLL SURPASSE THE BAR OF 20,000 AMID COVID19 WITH 7752 ELEDERLY

USPA NEWS - The COVID-19 outbreak continues to claim lives, with more than 2.4 million infections worldwide and 167,000 deaths. The United States is still the most affected country with ahead toll of 42,360 death and 790, 000 infected by COVID-19. In France, as of Monday, April 20, the COVID-19 affects 1, the COVID-19 outbreak, caused 547 more deaths, in 24h, (103 death of elderly in Nursing Homes, and 444 in IUC in Hospitals ) out of a total toll of 20,265 since the beginning of the epidemic (As of 1st March). This is the heaviest death toll in France, since the massive elderly death in 2003, due to the « Heat Wave » that killed Though the number of intensive care patients slows down for the 5th consecutive day, among the 30,584, total hospitalizations, a decrease of -26 hospitalisations and - 81 in IUC, within the last 24hours, yet 831 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.(Updated on April 20 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.

Though the number of intensive care patients slows down for the 5th consecutive day, among the 30,584, total hospitalizations, a decrease of -26 hospitalisations and - 81 in IUC, within the last 24hours, yet 831 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.(Updated on April 20 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. 2,4 MILLION PEOPLE INFECTED BY COVID-19 WORLDWIDE ACCORDING TO JOHN HOPKINS----------------------- Worldwide, 2.4 million people have been affected by this new coronavirus according to the count of John Hopkins University which brings together several sources (WHO, Esri, CDC “¦) and 167,000 died from it.----------------------------------------------- The USA crosses the bar of 700,000 cases identified, more than 42,000 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.------------------------ Italy (more than 181,000 and 24,000 dead) and Spain (more than 200,000 cases and 20,800 dead). In the latter two countries, the epidemic is regressing, while in Belgium it is gaining ground (nearly 40,000 cases and 5,800 deaths). In contrast, with 449 deaths in 24 hours, the UK has the lowest death toll since the start of the epidemic. As for Russia, has registered 5,642 new contaminations with the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, or 52,763 confirmed cases in total. The number of new daily cases has increased sharply since the beginning of the month. 456 people have died from COVID-19 since the start of the epidemic, including 51 in the past 24 hours.

WHY IS THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALISATIONS IN ICU DECREASES YET NOT THE NUMBER OF DEATH AMID COVID-19 OUTBREAK On the COVID-19 propagation curves in France, we note a drop in hospitalizations in ICU, which seems "encouraging" because it frees reanimation beds and makes it possible to lower the saturation of hospitals. However, the number of deaths does not drop significantly ... The correlation between lower occupancy of ICU beds, may just as well indicate that patients in intensive care die, and / or that the number of deaths at home continues without being included in the figures provided by the Minister of Health in the daily report. On the other hand, according to the Pasteur Institute, The number of reproduction (R0), which indicates the number of people infected by each patient, fell from 3.3 at the start of confinement to 0.5, a drop of 84 % of infections. This led to a reduction in the daily number of resuscitation admissions from 700 in late March to 200 in mid-April. The risk of being hospitalized after contamination with COVID-19 would only be 2.6%.