COVID-19: Epidemiological Update for April 23, 2020

Key Points

  • Continued decline in COVID-19-related calls to SOS Médecins and hospital emergency rooms, reflecting a decrease in new infections

  • Stabilization of COVID-19-related calls to general practitioners

  • Decrease in new hospitalizations and new ICU admissions of COVID-19 patients

  • Slow decline in the number of hospitalized patients and patients admitted to intensive care

    • ICU: 79% of cases have comorbidities and 53% are aged 65 and older

    • Deaths: at least 81% with comorbidities and 93% aged 65 and older

  • Excess mortality from all causes at the national level, particularly pronounced in the Grand Est and Île-de-France regions

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