The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic continues to climb. Authorities announced on Friday early afternoon, without giving further details, two more deaths, bringing the total to 9.
Experts and the government say the number of confirmed cases is expected to increase in the coming days and stage 3 of the epidemic may soon be announced.
Of the 570 people who were infected, at least 28, including a member of the Haut-Rhin, are currently in serious condition and are hospitalized in intensive care.
If we ignore for the moment the profile of the patients whose death was announced this Friday, we found until then similarities between the victims, in particular their age, between 60 and 92 years, and for four of them, their department of origin, Oise. At least six of them are men. Le Parisien takes stock of what we know about these deaths.
81-year-old Chinese tourist
He was the first to succumb to the virus on the territory, on February 14, also being the first dead outside Asia. This 81-year-old Chinese man, suffering from a pulmonary infection and whose state of health left little hope for the doctors, was on vacation in France when he manifested the first symptoms of the coronavirus. Originally from the province of Hubei in China, epicenter of Covid-19, he had first passed through the emergency room of the Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris, before being redirected to Bichat in the 18th arrondissement.
A 60-year-old teacher in the Oise
This 60-year-old teacher from Vaumoise, Oise, where he was also a municipal councilor, died on the night of February 25 to 26, 2010. He had been tested in emergency at Pitié-Salpêtrière, in Paris, after his first hospitalization in Creil and died, according to his mayor, of a "pulmonary embolism". This professor of the college of Crépy-en-Valois did not return from Italy or China, centers of contamination of the virus.
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An 89-year-old woman suffering from several pathologies
This woman carrying the Covid-19 had been hospitalized for several days at the Compiègne-Noyon hospital center for health concerns, before her death came at the end of last week. "This is an 89 year old woman, who had other pathologies, and who was tested at the hospital of Compiègne", detailed the Director general of health, Pr Jérôme Salomon, on March 2 . Bruno Fortier, the mayor (SE) of Crépy-en-Valois, describes a woman "of strong character and hyperactive", member of the MJC of Crépy, who had been housed for at least a year in an Ephad.
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A 92-year-old man in Morbihan
This man, whose age is known only, 92 years old, died on March 2 in the hospital of Vannes, in Morbihan, a department which has become the third center of contamination of the virus.
A 73-year-old retiree in the Oise
On March 5, two deaths were announced by the health authorities. A 73-year-old man, who lived in the town of Crépy-en-Valois, in the Oise department, died a few days after being tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus, according to the ARS (Regional Health Agency). This septuagenarian was initially taken care of at the polyclinic Saint-Côme de Compiègne, before being transferred to the CHU of Amiens, when his case worsened. This is the third death in the department, linked to the virus.
63-year-old man dead in Aisne
On the same day, another senior infected with the virus died. The 63-year-old man had been taken care of in the intensive care unit of the Soissons hospital center since February 29. The investigation by the Hauts-de-France regional health agency and Public Health France made it possible to identify the people who were in close contact with the patient and it suggests that his contamination is linked to the chain of Crépy-en-Valois (Oise).
73-year-old resident of an Oise Ephad
According to the Hauts-de-France ARS, this resident of the Oise died at the Lille University Hospital. “He is a 79-year-old man living in a nursing home in Crépy-en-Valois. This man, taken in charge at the Compiègne hospital center for an acute respiratory infection on February 28, had been transferred on March 1 to the CHU of Lille because of the worsening of his state of health ", specified a press release published on Thursday 5 March. This septuagenarian is the fourth inhabitant of the Oise to succumb to Covid-19.
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