Coronavirus: 14th day of confinement, follow the evolution of the epidemic live

The essential :

• According to the latest official report, 2,606 people have died in hospitals in France since the start of the epidemic in late January.
• The saturation of hospitals extends over the territory while 4,632 patients are currently in intensive care. Or a new influx of 359 people in one day.
• "The first 15 days of April will be even more difficult," warned this weekend Prime Minister Edouard Philippe who engaged in a transparent operation on the management of the crisis.
• Internationally, the situation is also worsening. The United States is the most affected with more than 2,000 deaths, including a baby. A loved one of Trump fears between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths at the end of the epidemic. Record results also in Spain (6,528), which hopes to approach the peak. In Italy, on the other hand, the progression of the virus continues its timid slowdown.

»Follow the situation live:

6:10 a.m. 5.5 million masks delivered by China. As expected, the 100 tonnes of medical equipment ordered by France arrived in Roissy yesterday evening in an Air France cargo plane. "We ordered a billion masks," said the Minister of Health Olivier Véran the day before. The creation of a “narrow and intensive air bridge” was indeed one of the strong announcements of the long joint press conference with the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, in the form of a transparency operation on the management of the crisis.

6:10 a.m. 14 years, the youngest victim of coronavirus in Europe? Vitor Godinho, a 14-year-old Portuguese boy, died on Sunday. He was hospitalized and diagnosed at Covid-19 on Saturday. However, unlike the French Julie, 16, the adolescent also suffered from other pathologies. A medical investigation is underway while tributes are multiplying »Details to read here.

6:06 a.m. An increase in French resuscitation. Last night, the Directorate General of Health announced that 4,632 patients were currently in intensive care because of the Covid-19. Or a new influx of 359 people in one day. Among all these people, 34% of the patients are less than 60 years old. And sixty people in intensive care are under 30 years old. The government plans to go from 14,000 beds in intensive care against 5,000 initially .

6:05 a.m. Tributes to Patrick Devedjian. On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the coronavirus carried away the ex-minister, the first major French political figure killed by the Covid-19. Tributes are multiplying, including that of Nicolas Sarkozy. Like him, many elected officials, former municipal candidates or simply public figures are affected, because of the large number of contacts they had before confinement.

6:03 a.m. The ARS warns against hydroxychloroquine in self-medication. "Cases of cardiac toxicity have been reported [...] following self-medication [...] of hydroxychloroquine in the face of symptoms suggestive of Covid-19, sometimes requiring hospitalization in intensive care," said the Regional Agency for health of New Aquitaine in a press release.

Newsletter - The essentials of the news

I'm registering

Your email address is collected by Le Parisien to allow you to receive our news and commercial offers. Find out more

6 hours. 292 new hospital deaths in 24 hours. The official assessment of the Directorate General of Health (DGS) reported yesterday evening 2,606 dead to date in France. »Details here.

TO PRINT> The rules to adopt for shopping: the infographic to download in A4