the Number of coronadødsfald in France is close to 2000, but can increase significantly when the number of nursing homes are counted.
France has in the past day had 299 deaths among patients with coronavirus.
It shows the most recent figures from the French health authorities Friday evening.
This is a decrease compared to the day before, when the figure was 365.
With the latest figures, France is perched on the total 1995 deaths among coronasmittede patients.
The real number is higher. French authorities count only those persons who have died on the nation’s hospitals.
French authorities say, according to the news agency Reuters, that they will soon be able to include figures from the country’s nursing homes. It is expected to result in a significant increase in the total number of deaths as a result of coronasmitten.
in Addition, there are confirmed 3809 new smittetilfælde in France in the past day. It is approximately the same level as the day before.
In all, the 32.964 people confirmed infected in France, the director of the French national institute of health, Jerome Solomon.
The real number of infected is thought to be higher, as French authorities have so far only tested patients who were in the højrisikogrupperne.
Of the infected is 3787 seriously ill and needs a respirator to help them breathe, says Salomon. This is an increase of 12 percent compared to the day before.
It means that almost half of the 8000 beds, with ventilators, as France has at its disposal are in use at the present time.
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