Brazil's COVID-19 infections pass 10,000

04:40, April 05, 2020

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  COVID-19 death toll passes 10,000 in France

  The Champs Elysees Avenue is seen in Paris, France, April 6, 2020, on the twenty-first day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. (Photo: Xinhua)Paris (Peoples Daily)-- France has now recorded a total of 10,328 COVID-19 deaths since March 1.That number includes 7,091 in hospitals (+607 in 24 hours) and 3,237 in aged care homes (+820 in 24 hours), according to Jérôme Salomon, the director of Frances public health agency.“At the national level, excess mortality is stabilizing," Salomon noted at his daily press briefing on Tuesday evening.After restating that Europe remains the epicenter of the pandemic, he said there are 7,131 patients being treated in intensive care, 61 percent of whom are between 60 and 80 years old, and 104 of whom are under 30 years of age.There have been 19,337 healed since the start of the crisis, not counting tens of thousands of people who have recovered without going to hospital.Currently, there are 78,167 cases of COVID-19 infections in hospital with an increase of 3,777 in the past 24 hours. Some 30,902 confirmed or possible cases have been recorded in aged care homes, taking Frances total confirmed or possible COVID-19 cases to 109,069.On Tuesday, as France entered its fourth week of lockdown, Paris toughened the confinement rules, announcing a ban on individual outdoor sports between the hours of 10am and 7pm starting Wednesday.

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  COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage Europe

  The COVID-19 pandemic continued to overrun Europe, with the death toll in Italy and the UK passing 10,000 and 1,000 marks, respectively, on Saturday.According to data from the World Health Organization , as of Saturday, the pandemic has hit 201 countries and regions with 571,678 confirmed cases, of

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  Iran’s COVID-19 cases pass 60,000 with 2,274 new infections

  File photo: AFPCairo (People’s Daily) - Iran had 2,274 new infections of COVID-19 and 136 new deaths during the past 24 hours, Irans health ministry spokesman said on Monday.The number of confirmed cases has risen to 60,500, with the number of deaths at 3,739.24,236 people have recovered, while 4,083 remain in serious and critical condition.