90 people died of Covid-19 this Tuesday, May 17, or 35 more than Monday, when 125 patients had died from the virus, according to the daily report of the organization Public Health France.
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18,290 patients are currently hospitalized in France (against 18,742 on Monday), including 883 who arrived on Tuesday.
1173 patients are treated in critical care units.
24 hours earlier, they were 1199.
What to remember from this Tuesday
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said it is “
deeply concerned
” about the effect of the Covid-19 epidemic, which seems to be sweeping North Korea, on the human rights situation. .
North Korea announced on Tuesday that it had recorded six new deaths "
from fever
", according to the official North Korean agency KCNA, bringing the toll to 56 deaths, a few days after admitting to being hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Shanghai said it had overcome the coronavirus – excluding quarantine establishments – an announcement quickly mocked on the internet, because a large part of the 25 million inhabitants remain confined.
Children aged 5 to 11 will in turn be able to receive a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine, US health authorities announced on Tuesday.
The US Medicines Agency (FDA) has authorized the booster dose for this age group "
to provide continued protection against Covid-19
", she explained in a press release.
