The essential :
- The pandemic has claimed nearly 700,000 lives worldwide, while more than 18.3 million cases have officially been recorded.
- In Paris, Anne Hidalgo wants the mask to be mandatory in very crowded places. In Toulouse, this is the case from this Wednesday.
- In France, 11 new hospital deaths were recorded on Tuesday. A total of 30,296 people died from Covid-19 in France.
- The United States has recorded 1,302 new deaths linked to the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
> The events of this Wednesday August 5:
7:05 am. Fewer cancers detected in the United States during confinement. A new American study reveals that for six cancers, the number of diagnoses fell by 46% compared to the usual figure in March and April. An article to read here.
6:55 am. Jean Castex at the bedside of the winegrowers. The Prime Minister is going this morning to the wine-growing lands of the Cher to announce an increase in financial aid for a sector hard hit by the coronavirus crisis ... and pending a gesture at harvest time .
6:40 am. 1,300 new deaths in the United States. The country has recorded 1,302 new deaths related to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns-Hopkins University count. This brings the total number of deaths in the United States since the start of the pandemic to over 156,000. 53,847 new cases of infection over one day were also noted.
6:25 am. Peru crosses the 20,000 dead mark. In the country, the death toll stood at 20,007, up 196 from the previous day, while the number of contaminations reached 439,890. This represents 6,790 new cases in a single day, according to the Ministry of Health.
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6:10 am. The compulsory mask in Toulouse from today. The compulsory use of the mask is rapidly gaining ground in France. From this Wednesday, it will have to be displayed outdoors in the busiest areas of Toulouse. The same will soon be the case in Paris and other cities, the authorities said.
6 hours. Hello and welcome to this live. He will identify, throughout the day, information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.