Thursday, December 3, 2020
France's Giscard dies from Covid-19 complications
Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing has died from complications linked to Covid-19, his foundation said.
"In accordance together with his wishes, his funeral will happen within the strictest family intimacy," the inspiration Valery Giscard d'Estaing said on Wednesday.Giscard
was admitted to hospital in September with respiratory problems. He
recovered but was re-admitted in mid-November. He was 94.
Mexico reports 800 more deaths Mexico's
health ministry has reported 11,251 new confirmed cases of coronavirus
infection and 800 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the
country to 1,133,613 cases and 107,565 deaths. The 11,251 new cases
announced on Wednesday represent one of the biggest one-day totals
recorded by Mexico since the pandemic began. US hospitalisations top 100,000 The number of people being treated in US hospitals for Covid-19 topped 100,000 for the first time on Wednesday, a monitor said. "There are 100,226 people currently hospitalised with Covid-19 within the US - the primary time hospitalisations have exceeded 100k," the Covid Tracking Project said during a tweet.
Germany to extend restrictions until January 10 Germany
will extend restrictive measures designed to slow the spread of the
coronavirus until Jan. 10, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said after talks
state leaders. "The states will extend their measures from December 20 until January 10," said Merkel on Wednesday. "In principle things will remain as they are." Brazil surpasses 174,500 deaths
Brazil
has reported 49,863 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus
in the past 24 hours, and 698 new deaths from Covid-19, the Health
Ministry has said. The South American country has now registered 6,436,650 cases since the pandemic began, while the official price has risen to 174,515, consistent with ministry data issued on Wednesday. Brazil has the world's second deadliest outbreak behind only the us .
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