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A total of 28,108 people have died in France , victims of Covid-19 since March 1, of whom 483 have disappeared in the last 24 hours. It is the balance of the last count released this Sunday by the Ministry of Health, according to Afp.

The figure of 482 deaths in a day is the most important increase in recent weeks and is essentially due to the fact that the figure of deaths recorded in medicalized nursing homes and other medical-social establishments for dependent people has been adjusted, 429, compared to to the 54 registered in hospitals .

In contrast, Reuters reports, the numbers of infected people admitted to hospitals drop from 19,432 on Friday to 19,361 on Saturday and the number of patients in intensive care fell from 2,132 to 2,087 , being 45 fewer than yesterday and almost 700 fewer than yesterday. one week.

France exceeded Thursday in the number of deaths to Spain, which this Sunday registered 27,650 deaths, and was positioned as the fourth most punished country after the US, United Kingdom and Italy. Of the total of 28,108 deceased, 17,466 have died in hospitals and 10,642 in nursing homes.

The new data for this Sunday contrasts especially with the 96 deaths that were announced yesterday and which were the lowest number in almost two months in France .

The case of a slaughterhouse in Brittany (western France) is of particular concern right now, where a new focus of the disease has been declared, which has infected 69 people, reports Efe.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, nearly 100,000 French people (98,569) have already been admitted to the coronavirus at some point , of whom 17,500 have passed through the ICU.

France began last Monday the de-escalation of the confinement that was in force since March 17, which includes the progressive reopening of shops and schools , and since then 25 new outbreaks have been confirmed, as reported to Efe this Sunday by the Minister of Health , Olivier Véran.

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