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Hard hit by the coronavirus epidemic, which killed 28,940 people there, France began to savor on Tuesday a new phase of deconfinement after two and a half months of drastic restrictions. This will continue on Wednesday, with the aim of a slow reconstruction of the economy, currently hit hard by the pandemic and containment: GDP is expected to fall by more than 11% in 2020, according to the latest forecasts. Follow the situation live.
The main information to remember:
- Deconfinement continues across the country
- Commission of inquiry opens Wednesday to manage epidemic
- France's GDP is expected to fall 11% this year
- New assessment of 28,940 deaths in France, the epidemic ebb is confirmed
- Over 375,000 people have died worldwide
A "coronavirus commission of inquiry" is born
Has the deconfinement, whose "phase 2" started on Tuesday and continues on Wednesday, been too late? How to explain the boondoggles on the masks? In order to shed light on the management of the epidemic by the government and the health authorities, a coronavirus commission of inquiry will be set up on Wednesday. Several hearings of ministers, former ministers and senior officials may be scheduled.
Bright red economic indicators
If the French have started to celebrate part of their rediscovered freedom, the economic situation does not encourage optimism. The government has further worsened its recession forecast for 2020. The fall in gross domestic product (GDP) could reach -11%, unheard of since the end of the Second World War. Last week, INSEE had indicated that the fall in GDP would be much greater than the -8% anticipated by the government.
Tuesday evening, the Minister of Action and Public Accounts Gérald Darmanin said that the deficit of Social Security should reach a "historic" level of 52.2 billion euros in 2020, significantly more than the 41 billion 'euros announced at the end of April. "Obviously, these are very worrying figures," he added.
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The epidemic continues to decline in France
The epidemic ebb continues: the coronavirus has made 107 new deaths according to the latest assessment from the Directorate General of Health. The increase is 84 deaths in French hospitals, according to the report released Tuesday by the Directorate General of Health. This brings the total death toll to 28,940, including 18,590 in hospital and 10,350 in social and medico-social establishments (Ehpad).
1,253 patients with coronavirus are hospitalized in intensive care (against 1,555 a week ago), with a negative balance of 39 discharges in 24 hours.
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Over 375,000 dead worldwide, the American continent worried
The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 377,213 people worldwide since its onset in December in China, according to a report by AFP from official sources on Tuesday evening. The United States, for its part, surpassed 105,000 deaths on Monday, a toll that makes it, and by far, the country in the world hardest hit by the pandemic.
The situation is particularly worrying in Brazil, which now borders on 30,000 dead. Other Latin American countries continue to see an expansion of the disease. In Mexico, the balance sheet crossed Monday the threshold of 10,000 dead even as the country also begins the resumption of its economic activity.
In Europe, the situation continues to improve. The coronavirus has thus made no death in Spain during these last 24 hours, a first for three months. Italy also recorded a series of encouraging figures, including the smallest daily increase in new cases (178 in 24 hours) since February 26 and a further drop in resuscitation.