13,832 deaths in total since the start of the epidemic in France

The coronavirus epidemic has killed a total of 13,832 people in France, with 353 more deaths in 24 hours in hospitals, health director Jerome Salomon said on Saturday.

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France currently has 8,943 people who have died at the Covid-19 hospital since the start of the epidemic and 4,889 in institutions for the elderly (Ehpad) and other medico-social establishments, 290 more than on Friday, according to Professor Salomon’s count.

“A very high epidemic plateau seems to be emerging. We absolutely must continue to remain vigilant, “he stressed during his daily press briefing, recalling that” hospital pressure remains strong “with more than 2,000 new hospitalizations in France.

However, a more positive signal is confirmed: for the third consecutive evening, the number of patients in serious condition admitted to intensive care registered a decrease in 24 hours, with 6,883 patients, or 121 less than the day before, he said. precise.

An important figure to measure the tension on resuscitation services. “This is another very slight decrease” which “will relieve our caregivers, especially in intensive care,” confirmed Professor Salomon, being wary of any excess of optimism.

“The time is not for deconfinement” but perhaps “even more for strict respect for confinement, barrier gestures, gestures of physical and social distancing,” he stressed.

“We have plenty of time to think about the optimal modalities of deconfinement, because today it is not topical because as I told you, the hospital pressure is still significant”, he insisted, while President Macron should specify Monday evening the duration of the extension beyond April 15 of this containment established on March 17.

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