While the coronavirus epidemic is far from under control in the United States, the millions of displacements which took place on the occasion of Thanksgiving leave to fear the worst to the American health authorities.
In Europe, the time is rather for a reduction, certainly cautious, of the restrictions, but also for the appearance of tensions.
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In the United States, the desire to celebrate Thanksgiving has apparently been stronger than the fear of Covid-19.
Millions of Americans in fact chose to move at the end of last week despite the epidemic, and the American authorities consequently fear an outbreak of cases in the days and weeks to come.
In Europe, as health restrictions are gradually being lifted, tensions are appearing in many countries.
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The main information to remember:
- US fears spike in cases after Thanksgiving
- In France, the indicators remain green
- Tensions are rising in Europe, despite an easing of health restrictions
Towards a post-Thanksgiving outbreak in the United States?
The United States is preparing to suffer the consequences of a Thanksgiving marked by the displacement of millions of Americans across the country.
After a weekend of family celebrations in the United States, "we may see a new outbreak on top of the current" surge in new coronavirus contaminations, the director of the American Institute of Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, warned on Sunday. .
At least 1.1 million people flew in the day before Thanksgiving alone last Thursday, a record number since the pandemic began in the country in March, according to the TSA agency.
"I want to be clear with the Americans, the situation will worsen in the coming weeks," added the chief medical officer of the United States, Jerome Adams.
Several states had already experienced an increase in new infections after the long Memorial Day weekend at the end of May, which pays tribute to the American armed forces.
"We are getting ready to experience this post-Thanksgiving (case) surge, with three, four, ten times more sick across the country", than in May warned Dr Deborah Birx, coordinator of the crisis cell on the White House coronavirus.
Hospitalizations due to Covid-19 are at a peak in the country with more than 90,000 people currently hospitalized, the official recalled.
As of Sunday evening, 140,651 cases and 822 deaths have been recorded over the last 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University count which refers to it.
The most bereaved country in the world by the pandemic, the United States has a total of more than 266,000 deaths and 13.3 million cases.
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Green indicators in France
In France, the epidemic figures continue to show that the peak of the second wave seems to have passed.
The Covid-19 killed 198 people in hospital in 24 hours, up from 213 on Saturday, a stable trend far from recent peaks, according to data from Public Health France on Sunday.
The total number of deaths in France since the start of the epidemic now stands at 52,325.
The highest number of deaths recorded in 24 hours in a hospital setting, during the second wave, was 551 on November 9.
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The number of hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 is stable, with 28,284 individuals concerned (against 28,139 Saturday and 28,620 Friday), after a peak of more than 33,000 patients on November 16.
Hospitals now have 3,744 intensive care patients (against 3,765 on Saturday and 3,871 on Friday), with 102 new admissions over 24 hours (122 on Saturday).
Slightly less than 10,000 (9,784) new cases of contamination have been recorded in the last 24 hours, far from the peaks of 60,000 cases in early November.
Finally, the positivity rate fell a little further, to 11.1% (11.4% Saturday, 11.7% Friday, 12.2% Thursday and 13% Wednesday).
Tensions in Europe
In Europe, where some 17.9 million people have been infected with the coronavirus, restrictions are easing in three new Italian regions - Lombardy (north), Piedmont (north-west) and Calabria (south).
But bars and restaurants will remain closed there, as in France or Belgium.
Several thousand caregivers affected by the pandemic also marched in Madrid in support of the Spanish health system, waving placards demanding "100% public health".
In Belgium, around twenty people were arrested after a march in Liège (eastern Belgium) against the night curfew, which extends in Wallonia from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
The country announced Friday evening the continuation of the partial confinement put in place at the end of October, while authorizing the reopening of shops from Tuesday.
Across the Channel, hundreds of people took part in banned protests against health restrictions in London on Saturday, and more than sixty were arrested, police said.
1.45 million deaths worldwide
The pandemic has killed more than 1.45 million people worldwide, according to a report established by AFP late in the morning on Sunday.
Some 62.1 million cases have been officially recorded, of which more than 39.5 million have been cured.
The United States has the most deaths (266,831), ahead of Brazil (172,833), India (136,696), Mexico (105,459) and the United Kingdom (58,030).