Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), March 25, 2020. Emmanuel Macron visits the field hospital. - Mathieu CUGNOT / POOL / AFP

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THE ESSENTIAL

  • With 418 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 3,024, France experienced its worst daily toll since the start of the epidemic on Monday. At the hospital, 5,056 people are currently in intensive care.
  • In Italy, where 11,500 people died, the government decided to extend the confinement set up three weeks ago was extended "at least until Easter" on April 12.
  • In the United States, the most affected country in the world, the epidemic continues to progress, this Tuesday, with 3,008 deaths and 163,429 cases of contamination, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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7:17 am: Patients soon oxygenated at home?

In an interview with Liberation , published this Tuesday, Martin Hirsch, the director general of public assistance-hospitals in Paris (AP-HP), spoke of the possibility of oxygenating patients at home to cope with current saturation Ile-de-France hospitals.

This initiative, entitled “Covidom 02”, would allow oxygenation of patients at home under remote medical supervision. "This is an initiative taken to start preparing for the next step: to allow patients to get out of acute medicine more quickly so that they can receive others, for example out of intensive care," he explained. to our colleagues.

7:16 a.m .: Mexico in a state of health emergency

The Mexican government declared a health emergency on Monday until April 30 to fight the pandemic of new coronavirus, which has killed 28 people in the country. The decision was taken because of the noticeable increase in the number of cases, which rose from 243 from 993 to 1,094 in 24 hours, said Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard at a press conference in Mexico City.

7:11 am: Emmanuel Macron visiting a mask factory

Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to visit the mask factory of PME Kolmi-Hopen, the largest of the four French producers, near Angers on Tuesday morning. This FFP2 and surgical mask factory, located in Saint-Barthélémy-d'Anjou, is now running 24 hours a day to increase its production.

The Head of State wants to "show the exceptional mobilization of our industry to meet the needs related to the Covid-19 crisis," said the Elysee. The increase in production in the four French mask companies will increase national production from 15 million to 40 million masks per month in April. But the needs for nursing staff and nursing homes are estimated at 40 million per week, said the Elysee.

7:10 am: Update on the situation in France

This "unprecedented, severe, deadly epidemic," according to Director General of Health Jérôme Salomon, has now caused 3,024 deaths in total, including 418 in the last 24 hours - the largest increase seen so far.

This "highly contagious virus, with rapid spread" which has "an unprecedented impact" on the 717 mobilized health establishments, according to Jérôme Salomon, has forced hospitalization of more than 21,000 patients: among them, more than 5,100 are in intensive care , or 475 more since Sunday. Among these heavy cases, 34% are less than 60 years old and 64 patients are less than thirty years old.

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Good wake up everyone. Here Manon at the helm, we will follow together throughout this day the events related to the coronavirus pandemic in France and in the rest of the world.

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