Two days before the announcements of Emmanuel Macron, who could in particular envisage an acceleration of deconfinement, the figures for the coronavirus epidemic remain encouraging in France. According to the latest assessment from the Directorate General of Health, the health authorities have recorded 28 new deaths in the last 24 hours. In total, France has counted 29,374 victims since the start of the epidemic.
Among these victims, 18,990 died in hospital. number of deaths recorded in social and medico-social centers will be updated by Santé publique France on June 16.
879 patients in intensive care
On the hospitalization front, 11,124 people are cared for in French establishments. In the past 24 hours, 136 new patients have been admitted. Among the hospitalized patients, 879 present a serious form of the disease which requires care in the intensive care units. 18 new serious cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The balance, which takes account of discharges, remains negative over the same period of time, with 24 fewer patients.
In its press release, the Directorate General for Health devotes a whole point to the situation in Meurthe-et-Moselle, where the incidence rate has exceeded the vigilance threshold. “This peak was the subject of investigations by the field teams in order to identify any risk of an epidemic recovery, we can read. It is explained by the detection of clusters, under management, and without risk of community exhaust at present. "
In fact, "this situation reflects a real but controlled viral circulation in one of the regions most affected by the epidemic," continues the DGS. The departmental situation is obviously the subject of particular attention in order to anticipate any unfavorable development and to put in place the appropriate measures. "
Since the start of the epidemic, 103,177 people have been hospitalized, including 18,185 in intensive care. 72,572 people returned home