On 4/1/20 at 6:32 AM EDTThe coronavirus has spread to over 862,000 people in more than 180 countries and regions. More than 178,800 people have recovered, while more than 42,300 have died, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. Cases continue to soar in the U.S., the epicenter of the outbreak, where over 189,600 infections have been confirmed.
France's Director-General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, confirmed 5,565 people were in a serious condition and needing life support. The figure was up by 9 percent on Monday but the rate of increase was slightly slower than previous days, France24 reports. A couple wearing protective mask walks by the Esplanade du Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on March 18, 2020. Healthy individuals only need to wear a mask if taking care of a sick person, the World Health Organization advises.Between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans are projected to die from the virus, even if current social distancing measures are maintained, as fatalities peak over the next two weeks, White House officials confirmed at a press briefing on Tuesday.
Fauci added:"This is a number that we need to anticipate, but we don't necessarily have to accept it as being inevitable," and urged Americans to step up their mitigation efforts. China reported at least 1,367 asymptomatic cases were under observation on Tuesday. The NHC also reported 36 new imported cases on Tuesday, bringing its total imported infections to 806, while one new domestic case was detected in the Guangdong province of southeast China, Reuters reports.At least 5,567 patients in South Korea, more than half of its confirmed infected population of 9,887 people, have now recovered. South Korea has reported 165 deaths to date.
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