France has registered 32 new deaths linked to Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the epidemic to 29,933, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced on Wednesday. The number of patients with Covid-19 in intensive care continues to decrease with 529 patients affected, 9 fewer than Tuesday. In detail, "19,489 people died in hospitals. The latest report released Tuesday for social and medico-social establishments reported 10,476 deaths.
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The number of people hospitalized has dropped significantly: 7,850 people were hospitalized for a coronavirus infection according to Tuesday's assessment, against 7,297 according to Wednesday's assessment, which shows a clear ebb of the epidemic at the national level.
Situation in Guyana "still worrying"
The epidemiological situation in Guyana is "always worrying": "The number of cases continues to grow every day as does the number of clusters, in particular near the coast and in the main municipalities of the region."
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The three hospitals in this overseas region announced Sunday that they have launched their "white plan" to deal with the accelerating epidemic, while the government announced the arrival of a "crisis director". Guyana counted 4,913 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, including 129 hospitalized patients, 23 in intensive care, and 16 deaths.