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The Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread, with more than 50 million cases now detected on the planet.

In France, 40,439 deaths have been recorded.

Nevertheless, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, estimated Sunday that there was a "tremor" and "a form of slowing down" in the progression of the epidemic across France.

Europe, with 12.6 million confirmed cases, has again become the epicenter of the pandemic in recent weeks.

In the United States, President-elect Joe Biden announced in a speech that he would create a coronavirus crisis cell, which will have to present a plan to fight the epidemic on the date of his inauguration.

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Information to remember 

• France has recorded a total of 40,439 deaths since the start of the epidemic

• Joe Biden, newly elected US president, creates coronavirus crisis cell

• More than 50 million cases have been recorded worldwide

More than 40,000 dead in France, a "tremor" in the figures

France has officially recorded 40,439 deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic, according to data published on Sunday by the French public health agency.

270 people have died in the past 24 hours.

Data on contamination have been incomplete for several days, due to a computer traffic jam that hampered the reporting of test results.

Corrected figures will be communicated on Monday, Public Health France said on its site on Saturday. 

The pressure is increasing mechanically on the intensive care units, which had 4,539 patients on Sunday, against 3,721 at the start of the week.

The total reception capacity has been increased from 5,000 to 6,400 beds, with a target of 7,500, which could still be raised to 10,500 beds. 

Nevertheless, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, estimated Sunday that there was a "thrill" and "a form of slowing down" in the progression of the epidemic in France.

"But it is too early to judge the effect of the reconfinement", he immediately qualified in the program "Political questions".

"By the end of the week, we'll have consolidated data."

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A turn of the sanitary screw in Europe

From Monday, a "ban on driving on public roads" applies in the 121 municipalities where approximately 70% of Portuguese live.

A nighttime curfew, which will begin at 1 p.m. during the weekend, comes into effect.

A nighttime curfew, as well as the compulsory wearing of masks outdoors and the ban on public and private parties, also come into force on Monday in Romania, which is approaching the threshold of 10,000 new cases per day and which deplores 7,540 deaths since start of the epidemic.

Greece reconfigured on Saturday for three weeks in the face of the second wave of the pandemic.

For each exit, the Greeks must obtain a green light from the authorities, by SMS.

The fine for those who do not wear the mask has doubled to 300 euros.

New restrictions have entered into force in Poland, which has recorded half a million cases: cinemas, theaters, cultural institutions are closed.

In shopping centers, only stores deemed essential are open.

Primary school students will spend Monday like other students in distance education. 

A wave of protests against the restrictions

Violence erupted in Leipzig, eastern Germany, after a large protest against the restrictions, when groups "attacked" law enforcement officials who called for the rally to be dispersed .

German ministers and other politicians strongly denounced the violence on Sunday.

"The affront to science, the incitement to hatred of the far right that we have seen is appalling," said Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht on Twitter.

Hundreds of conspirators and anti-vaccine activists also demonstrated in Madrid along the Prado promenade against the "dictatorship" of the Covid-19 virus and the restrictions imposed by the Spanish authorities in an attempt to contain the epidemic.

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Crisis staff in the United States

The President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that he would set up a coronavirus crisis cell as of Monday, bringing together scientists and experts, to combat the main challenge currently facing the US executive.

The members of this crisis cell will have to work "on a plan which will come into force on January 20, 2021", that is to say the day of his inauguration, specified the president-elect in front of a crowd of supporters gathered in Wilmington (Delaware) to celebrate his victory.

Over 50 million cases and over 1.25 million deaths worldwide

More than 50 million cases of the new coronavirus have been officially detected worldwide since the start of the pandemic at the end of 2019, according to a count made by AFP from the reports provided by the authorities, Sunday at 4:15 p.m.

A total of 50,010,400 cases, including 1,251,980 deaths, have been recorded worldwide since the start of the pandemic in China in December.

The increase in the number of cases detected is only partly explained by the increase in the number of tests carried out and many countries, particularly in Europe and the United States, are facing a major new wave of contamination.

Europe, with 12.6 million confirmed cases (for more than 305,700 deaths), has once again become the epicenter of the pandemic in recent weeks.

Last week, of the 3.9 million new cases recorded worldwide, more than half (2.1 million) were in the 52 countries of the European region.

Over the past seven days, the European countries with the most new infections are France (381,000 new cases), Italy (223,000), the United Kingdom (160,000), Poland (159,000) and Spain (143,000).