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The toll of Covid-19 in France should soon exceed 150,000 deaths since the start of the epidemic, according to the Our World in Data site. As of May 11, 2022, it is 147,144 dead.
150,000. A trivialized figure among many others. However, this will soon be the number of people who have died from Covid-19 in France (currently 147,144) since the start of the pandemic, according to the data. Our World in Data. A traumatic toll that corresponds to the number of deaths worldwide in April 2020.
A decreasing number of deaths per day
Although the total toll is disastrous, the number of deaths per day in France continues to fall.
As of May 11, 2022, the average daily death toll is 99.86 (7-day moving average). At the end of April, it was 130. Please note that the figures for deaths on a given date do not necessarily show the exact number of new deaths on that day but the deaths declared on the same day. Therefore it is necessary and useful “to look at the 7-day moving average of the daily numbers”Explain Our World in Data.
As of May 11, 2022, there has been a drop in the number of daily deaths of 17% compared to the previous week.
A disputed number
More than a year ago, in April 2021, the country was about to cross the heavy bar of 100,000 dead. According to Inserm, the course was symbolic since France had already reached this balance sheet a few weeks earlier. The institute then pointed the finger at the deficits of the death counting system, which takes into account data reported by hospitals, nursing homes and medico-social establishments, but not people who died at home.
The website Our World in Data also warns its readers on the subject: “The actual number of deaths from Covid-19 is likely to be higher than the number of confirmed deaths – this is due to limited testing and difficulties in assigning cause of death”.
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9 countries have already reached the milestone of 150,000 deaths
According to Our World in Data, as of May 11, 2022, 6.26 million people have died of Covid-19 worldwide. Some countries have already reached the symbolic milestone of 150,000 deaths, well before France. They are 9 in number: the United States, Brazil, India, Russia, Mexico, Peru, the United Kingdom, Italy and Indonesia (the total number of deaths by country is in chronological order).
The United States is the country with the highest number of total deaths in the world with a disastrous death toll of 998,997 to date. The country of Uncle Sam is closely followed by Brazil with a death toll of 664,750, and India with 524,181 deaths in total.
If public health data is to be believed, France should soon become the 10th country in the world to cross the heavy toll of 150,000 deaths since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.