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In France, there have been five new deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
A total of 117,265 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.
The hospitalization curve goes up very slightly in France with 6,448 Covid-19 patients, including 1,052 people in critical care.
There is a relaxation of barrier gestures.
More than 40,000 demonstrators marched yesterday against the health pass in the streets in France.
Russia has passed 1,000 deaths in 24 hours, a record.
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7:19 am.
Brazil: disclosure of report incriminating Bolsonaro postponed
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The Brazilian Senate announces the postponement of a day, from Tuesday to Wednesday, of the long-awaited disclosure of a report of a commission of inquiry supposed to incriminate Jair Bolsonaro for his policies deemed irresponsible and "criminal" during the pandemic of coronavirus.
6:58 am.
Mask at school: the list of 12 new departments where it will no longer be compulsory on Monday.
Var, Moselle, Oise or even Seine-et-Marne… In these departments where the epidemic is on the decline, all students from CP to CM2 will be able to drop the mask from this Monday.
Read here.
6:45 am.
97,530,000 vaccine injections were performed in France.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 51,064,131 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 75.7% of the total population) and 49,537,277 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 73.5% of total population), according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.
6:35 am.
4,891,684 dead worldwide since the start of the pandemic.
More than 240,314,450 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed since the start of the epidemic.
6.30 a.m. Covid-19 in France: five deaths in the last 24 hours, 6,448 people hospitalized.
According to the latest report from Public Health France, 6,448 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized in the country, against 6,437 the day before and 6,737 seven days ago. Of these patients, 71 were admitted to hospital in the past 24 hours. On the other hand, the proportion of patients with severe forms drops a little more every day: with 18 new admissions to critical care services, 1,052 people are treated in these units reserved for the most severe cases.
6:20 am.
The balance sheet of the pandemic could be two to three times higher
than that officially recorded, estimates the WHO, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19.
A significant proportion of the less severe or asymptomatic cases also remain undetected despite the intensification of screening in many countries.
6:10 am.
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