The balance sheet daily newspaper published Thursday by the DGS also reports that 1604 case of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, after 1695 case the day before.
No improvement on the front lines of the pandemic of sars coronavirus. On the contrary. The number of people diagnosed positive Covid-19 has increased by more than 30 % in a week, faster than the increase in the number of tests conducted, according to the weekly review of Public Health in France published this Thursday evening.
On the week of 27 July to 2 August, 7565 people have been tested positive in france, or +33 % compared to the previous week which had seen a jump in the number of cases (+57 %, with 5695). This increase in new cases the positive “is still higher than the increase in the number of patients tested” (+14 %, 505 945), emphasizes Public Health France.
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The balance sheet daily newspaper published on Thursday evening by the Directorate-general of health (DGS) is going in the same direction : 1604 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, after 1695 the day before, while this figure has crossed the mark 1000 since the end of July.
According to public Health France, the positivity rate is also up (to 1.6 %, against 1.4 % the previous week on the mainland) on the week of 27 July to 2 August, as well as the incidence rate that exceeds the bar of the 10 positive cases per 100 000 inhabitants in france (11,6, compared to 8.7 in the previous week).
This incidence rate is higher than 20 in 10 departments, is particularly high in the Mayenne, even if it is on the decline (48 compared to 148 the previous week), but also in Paris where it is on the increase (31 vs. 17).
Trend weekly on the rise of clusters
on the other hand “as of August 4, 2020, the trend weekly to the increase in clusters from July is increasing, with 91 clusters reported,” between 27 July and 2 August. But the number of cases per household “seems to be” in decline even if some of them are still under investigation. On the 609 clusters reported in France (94 % in metropolitan france), a little more than half are closed.
The number of patients in the intensive care unit was on Thursday, at 390, or 6 more in 24 hours, while the balance of patients in intensive care oscillates between rise and fall in recent days, according to the balance sheet daily from the DGS. The Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’azur, the Hauts-de-France and Guyana comprise 69 % of the patients in the icu.
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France now has more than 30 312 deaths, 7 more in 24 hours, including 19 806 in hospitals and 10 506 in long-term care facilities and other institutions, social and medico-social. This last figure, which dates from Tuesday, will be updated on the 11th of August. On Tuesday, the scientific Council, which guides the government in the fight against the Covid-19, had warned that France is not immune to a recovery uncontrolled epidemic, and urged the French to comply with the measures of barriers.
