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Coronavirus: France records highest daily death toll of 833 – BBC News, BBC News

Coronavirus: France records highest daily death toll of 833 – BBC News, BBC News
        

                                 Medical staff wearing face masks attend a briefing at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM) hospital in Paris, France (6 April 2020) Image copyright                   Reuters                                                        
Image caption                                      Hospitals in France reported a 19% increase in the number of deaths                              
France has reported new coronavirus deaths in the past day, the highest daily toll since its outbreak began.

The total number of people who have died after testing positive for Covid – now stands at 8, 911, while the number of infections is , 0 19.

“We have not reached the end of the end of the ascent of this epidemic,” warned Health Minister Olivier Véran.

Italy’s daily death toll also rose on Monday after several days of slowing, but Spain’s fell for a fourth day.

It came as

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care at a hospital in London after his Covid – symptoms worsened.

Meanwhile, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said the pandemic represented the biggest challenge the European Union had ever faced and that her government was ready to contribute to helping the bloc economically.

What are the latest figures from France?

The data released by the French health ministry on Monday evening showed that 637 People had died in hospitals during the past (hours and another) had died in nursing homes – both 19% increases. “It is not over. Far from that. The path is long. The figures that I have announced show this,” Mr Véran said. “Stay at home and continue this confinement effort.”

                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       

There was nevertheless some positive news, with the number of people being treated in intensive care only rising by 1.3% to 7, 90.

Mr Véran said the government would also start a “vast operation” to screen nursing homes, which account for 27% of the death toll, to better protect residents.

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Image caption                                      France’s health minister urged people to stay at home                              

France’s Equality Minister, Marlène Schiappa, meanwhile said an abuse hotline had been set up for the victims of domestic violence to seek help, as families struggle under lockdown.

What is happening elsewhere in Europe ?

The pandemic has claimed more than

, lives across the continent.

toll in Italy is the highest in the world, standing at 24,             

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Media caption Coronavirus: Quarantined Italian village turned into human laboratory On Monday, the Italian government reported 720 new deaths. That is 228 higher than Sunday’s toll – the lowest since (March – but (lower than Saturday’s.)

The number of new infections increased by 1, , but continued a downward trend.

In Spain, the world’s second worst hit country, the daily number of deaths continued to fall, boosting hopes that it had passed the outbreak’s peak. Monday’s increase of 720 – the lowest for (days – means 52191889 , people have died in total.

María José Sierra, deputy head of Spain’s health emergency committee, said the outbreak’s growth rate appeared to be slowing down “in almost every region”.

                                                                                                                       

In the UK, the Department of Health said on Monday that more people had died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 5 , 439.

It is the second day in a row the figure has fallen. But Professor Dame Angela McLean, the government deputy chief scientific adviser, said it was too early to say whether social distancing was working and that the outbreak was slowing.

Meanwhile, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced plans to re-open primary schools from 27 April, as it looks to gradually ease a lockdown.

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Image caption                                      Mette Frederiksen said easing the restrictions would be “like walking the tightrope”                              

But she warned that it would only happen if people respected the current measures and that the number of infections remained stable.

“This will probably be a bit like walking the tightrope. If we stand still along the way we could fall and if we go too fast it can go wrong. Therefore, we must take one cautious step at a time, “she told a briefing.

) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz also said he was considering whether to ease restrictions, including allowing some non-essential shops to re-open after Easter.

                                                                                                                       

What is Germany’s chancellor saying?

By Damien McGuinness, BBC News, Berlin

“Germany will only do well, if Europe does well, Angela Merkel said on Monday. It was a clear call for solidarity with southern European countries, hit hard by the pandemic. Germany would play its part, she said, both to provide emergency aid and to rebuild the economy. But what that means exactly is a fierce debate in Germany and it opens old wounds. During the financial crisis a decade ago, Berlin and other northern European countries believed “eurobonds” – sharing debt with weaker southern European economies – undermined the credibility of the entire eurozone.

That position is still held by Mrs Merkel’s government, which wants to set up an EU rescue fund and lend using mechanisms set up during the financial crisis.

But the mood is changing in Germany. Economists, politicians and commentators who once railed against mutualising eurozone debt to bail out Greece, are calling for exactly that to help southern Europe deal with the coronavirus crisis.

                                                                                                                       

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