In Mulhouse, on April 29, 2020, a patient with COVID-19 was taken care of by the medical team. - AFP

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  • The confined planet celebrates May 1 without any planned demonstration or gathering, despite first measures of deconfinement in Europe.
  • The government has placed 35 departments in "red", including the whole of Ile-de-France and the northeast quarter of the country, according to a provisional map corresponding Thursday to the circulation of the coronavirus and the tensions on the capacities in intensive care.
  • In the past 24 hours, the coronavirus has caused an additional 289 deaths in France, bringing the total toll to 24,376 deaths since March 1, announced the Director General of Health, Professor Jérôme Salomon. Resuscitation services again show a negative balance of minus 188 patients compared to the previous day.

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