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In France, 355 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
This brings the number of people who have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic to 68,415.
With 2,678 patients in intensive care, hospitals continue to receive more and more serious cases.
Regarding the English variant, "it is found in 1% of positive PCR tests", revealed Olivier Véran, during a hearing in the Senate.
A Health Defense Council could decide this Wednesday on new measures to fight the epidemic.
The United States, the country most affected by the coronavirus, records nearly 4,500 deaths in a single day, a record.
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6:58 am.
D
ébordé, Panama plans to rent refrigerated containers to preserve corpses.
Panama's health ministry is considering renting refrigerated containers to keep the corpses of coronavirus victims due to the saturation of hospital mortuaries in areas most affected by the pandemic, including the capital.
6:45 am.
The executive at the time of choice to face the virus.
A Health Defense Council chaired by Emmanuel Macron could decide this Wednesday on new measures to contain the increase in coronavirus contaminations and to face its most contagious variant, which is beginning to settle in France.
6:40 am.
Nearly 4,500 dead in the United States in the past 24 hours.
The United States has recorded more than 235,000 new contaminations and 4,470 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Never before has this country, faced with an outbreak of the epidemic which it has not been able to regain control of since the fall, had never yet exceeded the mark of 4,000 deaths in 24 hours.
6:35 am.
189,834 people in France received the first injection of the coronavirus vaccine.
This represents 51,483 people just for the last 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France.
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6.30am.
19,752 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours
in tests carried out in France.
The screening positivity rate is 6.5%.
6:25 am.
1% variant of English origin among the positive PCRs in France, according to Olivier Véran.
6:20 am.
355 new deaths in France in
the last 24 hours.
This brings the number of people who have died since the start of the epidemic to 68,415.
6:15 am.
2,678 patients are in intensive care in France.
The day before, they were 2,666 according to Public Health France.
A total of 24,703 patients are currently being treated in hospital due to infection.
6:10 am.
Good morning all.
Welcome to this live dedicated to monitoring the news of the Covid-19 pandemic this Wednesday, January 13, 2021.