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Coronavirus worldwide Friday April 19th, 2024: new cases and deaths in 24 hours

Since late 2019, the whole world has been facing an unprecedented health crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the start of the epidemic, there have been more than 774,976,736 cases of coronavirus worldwide and 7,040,435 deaths. Find out more about the coronavirus epidemic by country and worldwide at Friday April 19th, 2024.

Covid: “Encouraging signals” announcing the end of the fifth wave, the AP-HP claims

AP-HP Director General Martin Hirsch wrote in an internal email there were “encouraging signals” about the Covid-19 epidemic. Is this the beginning of the end of the fifth wave in France?

Covid: the number of patients in ICU starts to decrease

The number of patients in ICU has been slightly decreasing for the past three days. This is some very hopeful news, as contamination data keep breaking records.

Covid: Omicron’s spread increases the risk of more dangerous variants emerging, according to WHO

As some specialists are hoping to exit the crisis thanks to Omicron, WHO tries to stay more cautious. “The more Omicron spreads, the more it transmits and the more it replicates, the more likely it is to throw out a new variant," WHO senior emergencies officer Catherine Smallwood said.

Covid: nearly 20,000 hospitalizations in France, and more than 3,600 intensive care patients

The rise in hospitalizations in France continues. On Monday January 3, 2022, 19,606 covid-19 patients were hospitalized in France, 563 more than in the previous 24 hours. A further 3,654 patients are currently in intensive care.

Omicron: hospitalization toll lower than with Delta, studies found

Two studies carried out in the United-Kingdom tend to show the Omicron variant leads to fewer hospitalizations than the previous Delta variant.

Covid: “The real Delta variant wave is coming, it’s the 5th wave”, Delfraissy claims

Like for its European neighbors, France is now facing a resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic. according to the Head of the Scientific Committee Jean-François Delfraissy, “the real Delta variant wave is coming, it’s the fifth wave”.

Covid: over 1,000 hospitalizations per day by January? Olivier Véran alerts

While over 19,700 new Covid-19 cases have been reported this Tuesday November 16, Olivier Véran alerted in 20 Minutes daily about the risk France could reach “over 1,000 hospitalizations per day by January”.

Covid: “The health crisis is not behind us”, Emmanuel Macron warns

This Wednesday August 11, opening a new Health Defense Council, Emmanuel Macron warned about a “dramatic situation” in French West Indies. “The health crisis is not behind us. We will have to live with the virus for many more months”, the French President also claimed.

Covid: with Delta, “whether one will be vaccinated, or one will have been sick”, Karine Lacombe predicts

This morning on France Inter, infectious disease specialist Karine Lacombe claims that because of the high contagiousness of the Delta variant, “in France, whether one will be vaccinated, or one will have been sick”.

Covid: the contamination toll should drop by 15,000 cases as of May 19, Olivier Véran thinks

On the occasion of an interview with students from Sciences Po, Olivier Véran stated that by May 19, the Covid contamination told should have dropped under 15,000 cases. A number that should enable to “take control over the epidemic again”, the Health Minister claimed.

Covid: the second wave’s peak almost reached with circa 4,900 patients in ICU

The hospitals’ health situation grows worrying by the day. As of Sunday March 28 evening, 4,872 Covid-19 sick were hospitalized in intensive care units; a data all the more so worrying it is now verging on the peak of the second wave reached this past Fall.

Covid: Institut Pasteur considers vaccination is still too weak to curb hospitalizations

As the Covid-19 epidemic keeps on spreading in several regions in France, Simon Cauchemez from Institut Pasteur has told Le Figaro that vaccination “curbs the spread of the virus a little” but “is still too weak” to curb hospitalizations.

Covid: will vaccination be enough to prevent a leap forward in hospitalizations in France?

According to a new study carried out by Institut Pasteur, Covid-19 vaccination campaign in France will not be enough – on its own – to prevent a leap forward in hospitalization. Let us explain.