Optimism in France and Italy must be tempered amid a graver European and global picture. The U.S. just logged its deadliest day yet, while France ramps up measures to curb lockdown fatigue.
France's latest figures confirm 110,070 cases and 10,328 deaths. Hospitals accounted for 7,091 fatalities, including 607 in the past 24 hours. Nursing home data remains incomplete, but testing is underway in about 50 facilities today.
Deconfinement looms, yet officials stress it's too early to plan. Complacency risks a resurgence; intensive care admissions must fall first—which they haven't.
To sustain compliance in week four of lockdown, new rules emerge. Paris now bans jogging from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
As anticipated, April 7, 2020, brought the U.S.'s worst toll: 1,939 deaths in 24 hours. Totals now reach 12,844 deaths and nearly 400,000 cases.
New York State bears the brunt, with 5,500 deaths (731 new) and about 140,000 cases, concentrated in New York City.
U.S. deaths approach Italy's 17,127 (135,586 cases) and Spain's 14,045 (141,942 cases)—Spain now leads Italy in cases. Germany's outbreak stays contained at 107,663 cases and 2,016 deaths, but the U.K. worsens: 55,949 cases and 6,159 deaths.
Worldwide: over 1.43 million cases, 82,000 deaths, with more than 300,000 recoveries.
