In just two weeks, twelve residents of a nursing home in Thise, Doubs, who had symptoms similar to the coronavirus, died. In this establishment, the average age is 88 years.

Twelve elderly people died in just two weeks at a residential care facility for dependent elderly people (Ehpad) in Thise, Doubs, affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the establishment said on Friday.

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Symptoms similar to coronavirus

The first cases of Covid-19 were detected on March 5, a spokesman for the establishment, whose average age is 88, told AFP. Since then, twelve people with symptoms similar to those caused by the coronavirus have died, including eight since last weekend, he said, confirming information from the East Republican . "It is difficult to know if these deaths are linked to the coronavirus because, like everywhere in France, we no longer systematically screen for new cases," said the spokesman.

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Olivier Obrecht, deputy director general of ARS Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, agrees and underlines that "the mortality rate is always high for the elderly population, very fragile when they encounter a virus".