Key Points

Worldwide

• 167,414 confirmed cases, including 6,507 deaths (3.9%) as of March 16, 2020, at 8 a.m.

• The majority of new confirmed cases are now being reported outside of China, particularly in Europe, where transmission has intensified in recent weeks

In France

• 6,378 confirmed cases, of which 285 (4.5%) have been or are being treated in an intensive care unit and 161 (2.5%) have died

• There has been a doubling in the number of new reported cases between March 13 and 15, 2020, indicating an intensification of transmission across the country