87 people died of Covid this Wednesday, April 11, or 35 less than the day before, when 122 patients had died from the virus, according to the daily report of the organization Public Health France.
Read alsoCovid-19: a fifth wave hits South Africa
20,151 patients are currently hospitalized in France (against 20,498 on Tuesday), including 993 who arrived on Wednesday.
1329 patients are treated in critical care units.
24 hours earlier, they were 1364.
What to remember from this Wednesday
This Wednesday, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced that “
wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory in all public transport (…) from Monday May 16
”.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has also announced the lifting from next Monday of the obligation to wear a mask at airports and on board planes in the EU.
Finally, New Zealand will fully reopen its borders in early August, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, ending some of the toughest anti-Covid border measures in the world.