While the coronavirus caused 541 additional deaths in 24 hours in France, bringing the toll to 10,869 deaths, the Elysée Palace announced an extension of the confinement beyond April 15. Emmanuel Macron should provide details on this point, but also on the overall strategy to combat the Covid-19, during a speech scheduled for Monday evening, shortly after 8 p.m. Follow the situation live.

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The Elysee Palace announced on Wednesday that the confinement would be extended beyond April 15, without however indicating a new end date. Details that will certainly be provided by Emmanuel Macron Monday evening, during his speech scheduled just after the applause in support of caregivers, at 8 pm. The assessment of the coronavirus in France rose Wednesday evening to 10,869 dead, including 541 additional deaths in 24 hours at the hospital. The Ehpad were unable to provide an updated report due to a technical problem. Follow the situation live.

The main information to remember:

  • The confinement is extended beyond April 15, Emmanuel Macron will speak to the French on Monday evening
  • France now numbers 10,869 dead, including 541 new 24-hour hospital deaths
  • Over 86,280 people have died from coronavirus worldwide

The prolonged confinement, Emmanuel Macron will speak on Monday evening

Scheduled until April 15, the confinement "will be extended", announced this Wednesday evening the Elysee Palace, without however indicating an end date. Details will no doubt be provided by Emmanuel Macron on Monday, when he must again address the French in a speech to be held shortly after 8 p.m. The President of the Republic must decide difficult subjects, faced with an epidemic of coronavirus with increasingly heavy consequences. In the meantime, he "will consult a large number of public and private actors, French, European and international, in order to exchange with them on the major issues relating to Covid-19 and to prepare the decisions which will be announced to the French on Monday ", said the Elysee.

541 deaths in hospital in 24 hours, small increase in intensive care

The assessment of the pandemic in France shows at least 10,869, of which 541 were identified by hospitals in 24 hours Wednesday evening. But these figures however do not include the latest data from Ehpad, which could not be reported due to a "technical problem", said Jérôme Salomon, number two of the Ministry of Health. In addition, 7,148 patients are currently in intensive care, an increase of 17 cases in one day, the lowest since Saturday. However, the total number of intensive care patients is an "absolute record" in France.

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France enters recession, world economy faces announced crash

French gross domestic product (GDP) plunged by about 6% in the first quarter of 2020, weighed down by the Covid-19 epidemic which shut down a large part of the economy, according to an estimate published Wednesday by the Bank of France. This is the worst quarterly performance of the French economy since 1945. With the GDP having already declined by 0.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the latest data from the national statistics institute Insee, France is therefore technically in recession.

For its part, the World Trade Organization (WTO) forecasts a decline in "double digits" in "almost all regions" of the planet for trade. It also predicts a trade contraction "probably greater" than that caused by the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. In addition, the International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that the global recession will directly affect 1.25 billion workers worldwide.

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Over 86,280 people killed worldwide, heavy toll in the UK

The pandemic has killed at least 86,289 people worldwide, according to a report by AFP on Wednesday evening. Over 1.46 million cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 192 countries and territories. With a total of 60,325 deaths for 762,625 cases, Europe is the continent hardest hit. Italy and Spain, the two most bereaved countries of the Old Continent, report 17,669 and 14,555 dead respectively.

For its part, the balance sheet of the United Kingdom experienced a record increase with 938 new deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total balance sheet of the country to more than 7,097 deaths. On the other hand, the state of health of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in intensive care since Monday, "improves": he can "sit on his bed" and "talk" with the carers, thus declared the Minister for Finance Rishi Sunak.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the United States has 13,829 deaths in the country. In New York State alone, 779 new deaths were recorded in 24 hours. The world's leading power is the country with the most officially registered patients with 404,352 cases.