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The map of the coronavirus pandemic, which crossed the threshold of one million cases worldwide on April 2, 2020. - John Hopkins Hospital

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December 31, 2019: China reports the first case of a mysterious pneumonia to Wuhan to WHO. April 2, 2020: the coronavirus has infected a million people worldwide - and probably many more. It took three months for the epidemic to reach 500,000 cases and only a week to double to one million. Faced with this almost exponential progression, the race against the clock continues to "smooth out" the curve of a pandemic which has already caused 53,000 deaths, including nearly 6,000 in France, continues, more urgent than ever.

The relentless spread of the pandemic in the world, from 500 cases on January 22 to 1 million on April 2 (NBC animation) #coronavirus https://t.co/NDrpy6bZk0 pic.twitter.com/wU5mEwiKdL

- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) April 3, 2020

Europe is the continent most affected, but the United States is on the way to becoming the new epicenter with a quarter of the cases recorded (nearly 250.00) and a rhythm of deaths which is increasing at high speed. Nearly 6,000 people died in the United States, including 1,169 in 24 hours. No country, not even Italy, had exceeded the symbolic mark of 1,000 daily deaths.

900 people died in nursing homes in France

In France, the death toll was increased to 60,000 cases and nearly 5,400 deaths. Promised for several days, a first provisional "partial" assessment of the number of deaths in nursing homes was revealed Thursday evening, with 884 deaths of elderly people from the coronavirus and 14,638 "confirmed or possible" cases identified.

"This is a first partial figure, with great inequalities in the collection between regions and important work is underway to consolidate all of these data," said Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, during his daily update.

The balance sheets are constantly increasing everywhere in the world: nearly 14,000 dead in Italy and 10,000 in Spain. But as the scientists repeat: containment is proving itself. There is simply a time lag: first a slowdown in new infections, then a drop in daily deaths in the process. On TF1, Edouard Philippe insisted: "We must above all not relax our efforts".

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