Posted on Saturday March 21, 2020 at 7:20 p.m.
The coronavirus epidemic has caused to date the death of 562 patients in hospital (112 additional in 24 hours) in France and 6,172 patients are hospitalized, including nearly 1,525 serious cases in intensive care, announced on Saturday the Ministry of Health.
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In 24 hours, the number of people hospitalized increased by 946 and that of severe cases in intensive care by more than 220.
“We are rapidly evolving towards a generalized epidemic on the territory,” underlined the general direction of Health in a situation report, by calling to “strictly respect the confinement instructions (and) the barrier measures” such as washing regularly the hands and maintain a minimum distance of one meter between people.
The DGS also stresses that “many uncertainties remain on the behavior of the virus but especially on the impact of individual and collective barrier measures (…), which are still imperfectly applied. However, we can all avoid serious cases avoid deaths by being very respectful of the instructions ”.
The DGS also stresses that “more than 4,000 tests are carried out every day” and that since the beginning of the epidemic “more than 60,000 tests have already been carried out”.
The transition to the epidemic phase has also led to favoring screening for the most serious cases. “People who are fragile, at risk, hospitalized, residents of collective accommodation of people at risk and health professionals, new homes or territory are systematically tested,” said the text.
In order to “favor remote treatment when possible”, the DGS finally stresses that from Saturday “and throughout the duration of the epidemic, telemedicine and teleconsultation are supported 100%” .
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