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April 24, 2020 In Spain there is a reduction in the number of daily deaths related to coronavirus: in the last 24 hours there have been 367 deaths, a decrease compared to 440 yesterday, writes El Pais. There are 22,524 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in the country.

In Germany 5000 deaths, Kock Institut: it is not finished
The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany has risen to 5,321 deaths and 150,383 cases confirmed since the beginning of the emergency. The Robert Koch Institute (Rki) reported it, reporting 2,337 new infections and 227 more deaths than yesterday. The data on infections indicates a slight decrease compared to the consecutive increases of the previous three days.

 "I'd like to say it's over, but unfortunately it's not over." The German Robert Koch Institut, through Vice-President Lars Schaade, warns the Germans, and urges compliance with the measures and rules on social distancing, to stem the spread of the coronavirus. "The fact that death cases are limited in Germany depends on the timely adoption of restrictive measures, he said. With increasing contacts, the contagion increases, and it can quickly arrive at a dynamic in which the virus is not controllable. We have seen in other countries how quickly this can happen. " Lars Schaade then added: "So please continue to respect the rules and measures. Keep the distance of 1.5 meters, better 2, try to stay at home, use nose and mouth protection in shops and public places". On containment measures Schaade, at a press conference in Berlin, said that "A real easing of the measures will only be possible when there are a few hundred cases a day". Schaade also responded to those who currently contest the restrictive measures imposed so far in Germany, claiming that they were disproportionate to the actual severity of the coronavirus, and referred to the data describing the rate of "hypermortality" in several European countries, due to the pandemic .

In France, another 516 deaths, hospitalizations and patients
undergoing resuscitation have fallen Since the beginning of the epidemic, 21,856 people have died from Covid-19 deaths in France.The increase, in the last 24 hours, has been 516 deaths between hospitals, homes rest and institutions for the disabled. According to the latest figures provided by the Directorate-General for Health, the number of hospitalized patients has fallen by another 522 units, and is now 29,219 patients. There were 165 fewer admissions to the intensive care units yesterday than the previous day, 5,503. 

And on the reopening of schools, the French Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, said that it is "very complicated" to have children wear masks and that there are no "scientific recommendations" in this regard. Veran, to France Inter's microphones, said he thought it "very complicated to ask a 10 or 11 year old boy in elementary school to bring a mask all day, indoors, outdoors, to play in the playground when there it's more than 30 degrees. " "I think - added Véran - that we must insist on anti-contagion behaviors, washing our hands, coughing in the elbow ... there is no scientific recommendation that says to let children wear masks". The minister specified, however, that "it remains prudent" because "for several weeks scientists have changed their opinion, so we too adapt our policy",

GB, the death curve returns to fall again.
The number of coronavirus deaths registered in the UK, in hospitals only. The ministry of health announced in the latest data updated yesterday, aligning another 638 deaths, about 120 less than the previous day. The total surveyed thus rises to 18,738 deaths, while the infections diagnosed now exceed 138,000, with a flattened increase curve around 4,500 per day. However, the tests carried out still remain far from the target of 100,000 per day promised by the government for the end of the month.

It is '' too early '' to loosen the measures lockdown imposed in Britain to curb the spread of coronavirus, British Health Minister Matt Hancock said in a statement that he understood the economic rationale for r remove the restrictions imposed on the coronavirus. But no changes will be possible until the situation is safe, he explained. "Companies have understood that they cannot work safely respecting the rules of social distancing," he said, saying he was "convinced of what I am doing".

Belgium, stable epidemic, towards the end of confinement
Belgium is preparing to ease the confinement measures after the Coronavirus epidemic has stabilized. The National Security Council will meet in the afternoon to decide how to proceed with de-confinement. According to data published by the health authorities, 1,496 new cases of Coronavirus were registered in the country yesterday, which brings the total positive to 44,293. Belgium has practically doubled its ability to test, with 9,401 tests carried out yesterday that bring the total of the outbreak to 189,000. Hospitals are less and less under pressure. Yesterday, 210 people were hospitalized, while 322 patients were discharged. The total number of hospitalized patients fell to 4,355 (-172 in the last 24 hours), of which 970 in intensive care (-23). "The numbers of recent days have shown that we have been successful in our collective effort, namely to decrease the strength of the virus," said the spokesman for the crisis center, Benoit Ramacker. Yesterday 190 deaths were reported, bringing the grand total to 6,679, of which 46% in hospitals and 53% in nursing or nursing homes. Only 6% of deaths in nursing or nursing homes are confirmed Covid-19, while 94% are considered "suspect" because there has been no laboratory test.