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In France, 363 people have died from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
This brings the number of deaths since the start of the epidemic to 39,037.
Nearly 3,000 new patients hospitalized in the past 24 hours in France and 85% of intensive care beds are now occupied by Covid patients.
The health protocol is reinforced in high school.
To respond to the worsening of the epidemic, high schools will be able to switch to more distance learning courses, while the common tests of the new bac are canceled.
In recent weeks, Europe, including Russia, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, has been the epicenter of the epidemic, the region of the world where the new coronavirus is spreading fastest.
In the United States, the most bereaved country in the world, a new record of more than 120,000 positive coronavirus cases in 24 hours.
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7:15 am.
Special restrictions for 280,000 inhabitants in Denmark.
After a problematic mutation of the coronavirus from mink that could threaten the effectiveness of a future human vaccine, Denmark on Thursday evening announced specific restrictive measures for more than 280,000 inhabitants in the northwest of the country, in order to prevent new cases of this "Cluster 5".
Coronavirus mutation: 15 million mink slaughtered in Denmark
6:59 am.
The beaches reopen despite the pandemic in Venezuela.
On the beach near Caracas where she sells snacks, Lisett smiles.
After seven months of closure due to containment, Venezuela has "reopened" the tourism sector.
For Lisett, the return of swimmers is “a whole world” that allows her to earn a living.
The country of 30 million people has officially recorded nearly 95,000 cases of coronavirus, including 800 deaths, and the virus continues to circulate.
But the opposition and NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, ensure that these figures are far below the reality.
6:45 am.
More than 120,000 cases in 24 hours in the United States.
A new record of more than 120,000 cases of coronavirus contamination in 24 hours has been recorded in the United States, where the epidemic has been on the rise for about two weeks, according to a count from Johns Hopkins University.
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6:40 am.
The number of cases "explodes" in Europe
, warns Hans Kluge, the director of the European branch of the WHO.
The institution calls on states to "targeted and proportionate" measures to counter the increase in cases and mortality, but considers that schools must remain open "until the end" and be closed only as a last resort.
VIDEO. Coronavirus: "An explosion" of contaminations in Europe, alerts WHO
6:35 am.
58,046 people tested positive in France
in the last 24 hours.
6.30am.
Nearly 3,000 new patients hospitalized in the last 24 hours.
Among them, there are 447 patients who entered intensive care.
85% of intensive care beds are now occupied by Covid patients.
VIDEO. Véran: "A second higher and longer wave" in the event of poorly respected confinement
6:25 am.
363 new deaths in France.
The death toll has risen to 39,037 in total since the start of the epidemic.
6:15 am.
The epidemiological situation is "serious"
, judged Jérôme Salomon, the Director General of Health, alongside Olivier Véran.
The progression of the epidemic in Europe is "brutal" and "it is spreading rapidly", he worried, stressing that France is the country in Europe with the largest number of cases.
