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- In France, 5,091 people died of coronavirus in hospitals, according to the latest report from the authorities, including 588 in the past 24 hours. There are now a total of over 6,500 dead.
- At least 1,416 people have died in nursing homes since the start of the health crisis.
- The police continue to set up this Saturday, reinforced controls to enforce the containment measures and dissuade the French from leaving for the spring holidays.
- After 1,480 deaths in a day in the United States, the highest daily toll ever recorded in a single country, the Americans are preparing for the worst.
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8 hours. The President of the Government of New Caledonia in the fortnight. The president of the government of New Caledonia announces this Saturday to be placed in isolation for 14 days, after the detection of a case of Covid-19 within the crisis cell of the archipelago.
"On several occasions, I have been in contact with the person who worked at the government operational center (COG), who was diagnosed positive at Covid-19," said Thierry Santa, in videoconference from a hotel in Noumea where he is confined.
7:50 a.m. 600 French soldiers contaminated. Some 600 French soldiers are affected by the coronavirus, but the capacity of the French armies to accomplish its missions "is not impacted", declared the Minister for the Armies Florence Parly in an interview with the daily regional press group Ebra published on Saturday.
The last assessment given by the ministry at the end of March reported 400 contaminations in the ranks of the armies.
7:35 a.m. 1480 dead in the United States in 24 hours. The United States has recorded an additional 1,480 deaths from the new coronavirus, according to the Johns Hopkins University count, which is the worst 24-hour record recorded in a country.
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The total number of people who have died since the start of the pandemic in the United States is now 7,406.
7:30 a.m. Checks continue on the roads. With 160,000 police and gendarmes deployed on Friday, the security forces continue to set up this Saturday, reinforced controls to enforce containment measures and dissuade the French from leaving for the spring holidays.
7:25 a.m. China pays tribute to its Covid-19 dead. Solemn meditation, flags at half mast, entertainment canceled: China observes this Saturday a day of national mourning in tribute to the more than 3,300 people who died from Covid-19 in the most populous country in the world.
At 10 a.m. (4 a.m. in France), the sirens sounded throughout the territory for three minutes, while the cars, trains and boats sounded their horns as a sign of respect.
7.20am. 588 deaths in France in the last 24 hours. In France, 5,091 people died of coronavirus in hospitals, according to the latest report from the authorities, including 588 in the past 24 hours.
7.15 a.m. The Ehpad hit hard. At least 1,416 people have died in French nursing homes since the start of the health crisis.
7:10 a.m. The continuous monitoring bac makes people happy. The announcement by Jean-Michel Blanquer of a baccalaureate entirely in the form of continuous assessment made the happiness of high school students who took out the calculator. "I'm too happy, in my class, we all have it ... It relieves me to have my baccalaureate in April," says Maïa, a student in a private Parisian high school. »Our article can be read here.
Jean-Michel Blanquer gives details on obtaining the bac and the 2020 certificate
7 hours. The Paris police prefect cropped by the Minister of the Interior. After having created the controversy by considering that the people hospitalized in intensive care were those who had not respected confinement, Didier Lallement, the Paris police prefect was cropped by the Minister of the Interior.
