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- France is entering its fourth week of confinement on Tuesday. Since March 1, 8,911 people have died in France. 6,494 of them died in hospitals including 605 in 24 hours, the daily assessment since the beginning of the epidemic, announced Jérôme Salomon, the director general of Health, Monday evening.
- Since Monday, the derogatory displacement certificate is now available in digital version.
- Concern continues in the UK, one of the hardest hit European countries with 5,373 deaths. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive for coronavirus, was admitted to intensive care on Monday evening.
- A glimmer of hope in China, where the authorities did not record any new daily deaths on Monday for the first time since the start of the epidemic.
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7:18 a.m .: Boris Johnson transferred to intensive care
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was infected with the new coronavirus, was transferred to intensive care after his health deteriorated the day after his hospitalization. Boris Johnson, 55, the only high-powered head of state or government to be infected, was hospitalized Sunday evening after being diagnosed with Covid-19 on March 27, according to his services. , due to the persistence of symptoms of the disease, including fever.
"The Prime Minister has asked Foreign Minister Dominic Raab (...) to replace him where necessary," he added. The latter had already replaced him to chair the daily meeting devoted to Covid-19. According to a government source, Boris Johnson remains "conscious" and his transfer has been decided "as a precaution in case he needs a respirator".
7:15 a.m .: Update on the situation in France
In total, since March 1, 8,911 people have died in France. 6,494 of them died in hospitals including 605 in 24 hours, the worst daily toll since the start of the epidemic, announced Jérôme Salomon, the director general of health on Monday evening. The improvement noted on this plan on Sunday therefore did not last.
Encouragingly, however, the pace of intensive care hospitalizations seems to continue to slow, with 94 more patients in one day, the lowest net balance since the start of containment measures on March 17.
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