The coronavirus pandemic has killed 10,869 in total in France since March 1, and at least 541 more deaths in 24 hours, said Wednesday, April 8, the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, during a daily point.

This new daily assessment does not include new figures from nursing homes and other medical and social establishments, which could not be updated due to a "technical problem", he said.

"There are also 7,048 serious cases, it is a record for France, he added. And 482 new patients were admitted to intensive care, this is a considerable figure".

However, with the discharges, the net increase in the number of patients in intensive care - an indicator very followed by professionals because it measures the pressure on the health system - is less and less strong, with a balance of +17. Down since April 30, this balance was +59 Tuesday, +94 Monday and +140 Sunday.

Regarding nursing homes and medico-social establishments, the latest report on Tuesday evening reported 3,237 deaths since the start of the pandemic, knowing that all the establishments were not yet taken into account.

With AFP

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