2669 new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the past 24 hours, compared to 2524 on Wednesday.

The indicators for monitoring the epidemic Covid-19 in France, “continue to deteriorate”, alert Thursday, the Directorate-general of Health (DGS), with a number of new cases confirmed that “steadily increasing”.

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Over the last 24 hours, 2 669 new cases were detected (compared to 2 524 Wednesday), note the DGS in point daily. And the increasing number of cases, between 3 and 9 August, “is more important among people aged 15-44 years (+46%)” in Metropolis, is the instance in the point weekly aired also that Thursday.

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30 new clusters have been discovered by the health authorities, 49% of them are in a professional environment, 28% are from public gatherings, or private and including community extended family.

374 patients in the intensive care unit, including 25 over the past 24 hours. Beating an idea received, the DGS said a “number of hospitalized persons increased in the last three weeks in particular at least 40 years” in metropolitan France, in this note weekly. “Individually and collectively, we must redouble our efforts to prevent a resumption of the epidemic,” warns the DGS.

“The situation is worrying,”

The DGS highlights a “number of hospitalized persons increased in the last three weeks in particular at least 40 years” in metropolitan France in its note weekly. “In metropolitan France, the situation is worrying”, is still concerned about the DGS in the analysis of the last week. In French Guiana and Mayotte, the outbreak is “in decline but still at a level of high vulnerability”.

in addition, fifty gendarmes of Tarbes, on a platoon of 82, who had been returning from a mission in Polynesia, was tested positive to the Covid 19, according to the prefecture of the Hautes Pyrenees.

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In total, 30 of the 388 people died in France (17 more in 24 hours) 19 883 within hospitals and 10 505 in institutions, social and medico-social (last digit dating back to Tuesday).