PARIS (REUTERS) - In April, an elderly resident living in Seine-Saint-Denis, France's poorest commune on the edge of Paris, went to hospital worried they had Covid-19. The test returned negative and the pensioner was sent home. Ten days later they were found dead.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - In April, an elderly resident living in Seine-Saint-Denis, France's poorest commune on the edge of Paris, went to hospital worried they had Covid-19. The test returned negative and the pensioner was sent home. Ten days later they were found dead.
"It's clear Covid-19 is killing a lot more people in their homes," said a healthcare worker familiar with the pensioner's death,"because they didn't know that they had it or were too wary to contact people for help." INSEE data shows that 109,327 people died in France during the March 1-April 20 period, a 26 per cent and 15 per cent increase on the corresponding periods in 2019 and 2018. Known Covid-19 related deaths account therefore for 19 per cent of total deaths.Mr Jacques Battistoni, president of France's National Union of General Practitioners, said his organisation estimated that at least 9,000 people had died of Covid-19 at home.
Deaths at home during the same six-week period more than doubled in Seine-Saint-Denis to the northwest, Val-de-Marne to the east and Hauts-de-Seine to the west, compared to 2019 and 2018. Health Minister Olivier Veran told parliament on April 29 that the Public Health Authority, which is in charge of compiling Covid-19 data, would have an answer on home deaths in June.
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