Coronavirus: Italy now has more deaths than China. All details.
Italy now has more Covid-19 deaths than China, with 427 deaths in 24 hours and 3,405 in total. In China, 3,245 people died, 1,284 in Iran and 767 in Spain. Europe remains the most affected continent, with at least 100,470 cases, of which
4,752 deaths, ahead of Asia (94,253 cases, including 3,417 deaths). However, this number of diagnosed cases reflects only a fraction of the actual number of infections, with many countries now testing only the most serious cases.
Several still-reluctant countries have taken drastic measures in the past 24 hours: more than half a billion people are expected to stay at home and many countries are closing their borders.
- Italy now has more deaths than China
It was inevitable: Italy is officially, since Thursday, the country in the world with the most deaths of Covid-19, with 3,405 victims. At present, China only recognizes 3,100. In detail, there are now 427 additional deaths on the Peninsula, which is slightly less than in recent days but still represents a growth slope of almost 15%.
The official number of infected people is rising by just over 5,000, a growth of 15%, but in the North, at least, that does not mean anything. Mathematical models predicted this kind of scenario, but it could be even worse as the number of victims has increased over the past four days by about 15-20%, up from 25- to 30% last week. This is a small consolation, but it underlines one thing: the containment that has been in place for ten days, and which is only beginning to bear fruit, really slows the spread of the virus.
- Spain prepares for the toughest of the pandemic
Spain was preparing to face the "hardest days" of the pandemic by incorporating thousands of health workers and opening a hotel to accommodate sick people, while the death toll rose by nearly 30% in 24 hours.
The Covid-19 killed 767 people in Spain, up from 598 on Wednesday, and the number of cases detected exceeds 17,000, according to statistics released Thursday by the health ministry. To date, 1,107 patients have been declared cured, according to the ministry. The number of cases has increased by 25% since Wednesday to 17,147, but could increase significantly as testing is conducted.
Spain is the fourth most affected country in the world and the second most affected in Europe after Italy. "The hardest days are coming . . . We will continue to see an increase in cases and this will be the case until we approach the peak of the curve," warned Health Minister Salvador Illa. To cope with this explosion, the Spanish Ministry of Health has incorporated thousands of medical students, medical students or graduate nurses who have not secured a place in the health system into the public health system. Public.
UK finally aligns its response with Europe
The UK, where the 100-death threshold has been crossed, has ordered the closure of schools as of Friday. But containment measures are still not mandatory, while the number of deaths has increased by 30% in a single day. Earlier in the day, Scotland and Wales had already announced the closure of their schools and nurseries by Friday. In Northern Ireland, the authorities were increasingly divided, while the Republic of Ireland had taken this decision as early as Monday, as were many other European countries.
- More than 10,000 cases in Germany
The 10,000 cases of patients with the new coronavirus have been surpassed in Germany, with 10,999 people infected and 20 deaths in total, the Robert Koch Institute announced on Thursday.Some 2,801 new cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours by this Institute, which is responsible for epidemiological monitoring. The region of North Rhine-Westphalia is the most affected, with 3,033 cases. Baden-Wuerttemberg (2,155 cases) and Bavaria (1,692) are also severely affected, with around 500 new cases in each of these regions in 24 hours.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an unprecedented address to the Germans on Wednesday evening that the pandemic was "the biggest challenge for Germany since the Second World War."
- Trump announces $100 billion aid plan
Donald Trump has signed into law a $100 billion (92 billion euro) welfare plan for workers affected by the impact of the epidemic. A hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, with some 1,000 rooms, is to be sent to New York Harbor, said Andrew Cuomo, the state's governor, one of the hardest hit.
Meanwhile, an outbreak of Covid-19 at a nursing home near Seattle, fatal to at least 35 people, was likely fuelled by staff who came to work while they were exhibiting symptoms of the disease, according to a report U.S. health authorities released Wednesday.
- No new cases of local origin in China
China on Thursday reported no new local contamination, the first since the outbreak began. But health authorities reported an additional 34 imported cases. Most often they are Chinese returning from countries particularly affected by the Covid-19. New imported cases were reported in Beijing (21), the southern province of Guangdong (9), Shanghai (2) and Heilongjiang provinces (northeast, 1 case) and Zhejiang (east, 1 case). In total, the number is 189 in the country most affected by coronavirus in the world.
To prevent these people from ending up in the wild and reviving a largely contained epidemic in China, the authorities are now imposing the quarantine of anyone arriving on Chinese soil. In Beijing, most of them are located in hotels. Those living alone, the over 70s, minors and pregnant women can, however, stay at home. Compared to mid-February, when new contaminations numbered in the thousands every day, the contagion was virtually stopped in the country where it began. China has recorded a total of 80,928 cases, of which 70,420 are cured (87%).
- ECB launches historic emergency plan
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced an impressive bailout in an attempt to calm markets. Unveiling its decision just before midnight, after a long emergency meeting of its Board of Governors, it decided to proceed with share buybacks for 750 billion euros. That's six times more than the announcement on Thursday, March 12, which was poorly received by investors. Christine Lagarde, the president of the ECB, was most explicit: "These extraordinary times require extraordinary action. There are no limits to our support for the euro. »
At the announcement, the U.S. and Asian markets rebounded after an even dark day. In detail, the ECB intends to achieve these 750 billion buybacks of securities by the end of 2020. It will buy government bonds as well as corporate bonds. This programme is in addition to the 120 billion euros announced last week and the 20 billion euros per month launched in the autumn, for a total of 1,050 billion euros for the next nine months. Never before, even at the height of the single currency crisis, had the European Central Bank injected so much money so quickly.
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