On this 42nd day of confinement, the French balance sheet continues to increase. This Monday, the Hexagon deplores the death of 437 new people due to the epidemic of coronavirus. A total of 23,293 deaths since the start of the epidemic on March 1.
In detail, 14,497 died in hospitals and 8,796 died in social and medico-social establishments.
The pandemic has killed at least 206,670 people worldwide since its onset in December in China, according to the latest assessment by Agence France Presse from various official sources.
The United States is the most bereaved country, with nearly 55,000 deaths. Next come Italy (almost 27,000), Spain (23,500) and therefore France.
The United Kingdom (almost 21,000) follows France closely but this assessment could be very underestimated since the British do not yet count deaths in retirement homes, unlike France.