The coronavirus epidemic has just exceeded this Friday, October 23 the symbolic threshold of one million cases detected since the onset of the disease in France at the end of January 2020. 1,041,075 positive tests have been issued since then, according to health data Publique France and the Ministry of Health.
42,032 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, which is a new record.
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But even more serious, 298 people have been announced dead since yesterday.
In detail, 184 people have died in hospital in the past 24 hours, and 114 in nursing homes and medico-social establishments since the last assessment, bringing the total to 34,508 deaths.
15,008 people are currently hospitalized, including 2,441 in intensive care.
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What to remember from this Friday, October 23
A curfew is currently in effect in part of France between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
This will extend, from midnight tonight, to 38 new departments, as well as to Polynesia.
To download a derogatory certificate to travel during this time slot, click here.
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The Director General of Public Assistance - Paris Hospitals (AP-HP), Martin Hirsch, considered "
possible
" that the "
second wave
" in France "
is worse than the first
", stressing that the situation was "
formidable for each of us
”.
Citing an average of 30,000 cases per day, Martin Hirsch argued that "
the reality is much higher, that is the ones we detect
".
"
There are a lot of positive, contaminating people who are in the street without knowing it and without anyone knowing it, probably three times more
" than these 30,000 cases, he estimated.
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"
The month of November will be trying,
" Prime Minister Jean Castex also warned Thursday.
“
The coming weeks will be tough, and the death toll will continue to rise.
T
he new cases today are the hospitalized patients of tomorrow and unfortunately sometimes the deaths the day after tomorrow.
"
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The evolution of the epidemic is also causing "
serious concern
" in 23 countries of the European Union, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The situation is particularly alarming in Spain, where the "
real number
" of people infected since the start of the pandemic "
exceeds three million
", said the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez.