The decline continues in the hospital. 15,811 patients were treated in French hospitals this Friday, compared to 16,015 the day before.
According to the daily report of the organization Public Health France, this Friday, May 27, 44 people died of Covid-19 in the hospital. 15,811 patients are also hospitalized in French hospitals (compared to 16,015 on Thursday), including 404 who arrived in the last 24 hours.
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Among them, 1024 patients are treated in intensive care units. 24 hours earlier it was 1033. The daily average of new contamination over seven days, which smooths out the fluctuations, was 17,705 on Friday compared to 26,447 the previous Friday. However, the decline is amplified somewhat by the fact that Thursday was a public holiday. Just 4,811 new positive cases were registered on Friday, compared to 21,234 on Thursday and 22,006 on Wednesday.
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The number of “fever” cases in North Korea fell for the seventh straight day on Friday, said state-run media KCNA, which does not specifically cite Covid-19. North Korea’s KCNA news agency on Friday reported just over 100,000 new cases of “fever,” as it’s officially called Covid-19, up from the 390,000 daily cases reported earlier in the month. KCNA also reported one more death on Friday – bringing the total to 69 – and said the death rate remained at 0.002%. According to her, more than three million people have contracted the “fever” since the authorities recognized its existence in North Korea on May 12.
Japan has announced it will reopen to tourists from 98 countries, including France, from June 10, ending more than two years of pandemic-related border closures, but travelers will only be able to enter in groups. The move comes after the government announced last week that it would start testing small-group travel packages with tourists from the United States, Australia, Thailand and Singapore starting this month.
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