A nurse will enter a room of a patient with Coronavirus in the intensive care unit of Purpan hospital in Toulouse. - FRED SCHEIBER / SIPA

It is time for the daily assessment. The Covid-19 epidemic has killed 25 people since Friday, bringing the total number of deaths to 30,177 since the start of the health crisis in France, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday. The country is seeing a "moderate increase" in the circulation of the virus.

“The circulation of the virus is increasing on the national territory. This results in an increase in the number of recourse to SOS doctors, emergency visits, the number of clusters and hospitalizations, ”said the Directorate General of Health in a press release, qualifying this increase as“ moderate ”.

🗞 Press release | Situation update #Coronavirus of Monday July 20, 2020
30,177 people have died in France
• 79,541 people have returned home

6,589 people are hospitalized • 467 # COVID19 serious patients in intensive care

- Ministry of Solidarity and Health (@MinSoliSante) July 20, 2020

Decrease in the number of intensive care patients

However, this observation led the government to make it compulsory to wear a mask in closed public places from Monday, recalls the ministry.

The decrease in the number of patients with a severe form, in intensive care, continues very slightly, with 467 patients, or 10 fewer since Friday. 6,589 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 infection to date.

Ile de France, Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France and Guyana more affected

Four regions (Ile de France, Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France and Guyana) account for 71% of patients hospitalized in intensive care. In Mayenne, the epidemiological situation “testifies to the strong evolutionary potential which remains when the virus continues to circulate and the transmission conditions are favorable. This department is classified at a high level of vulnerability ”, according to the same source.

In Guyana, the epidemic peak seems to be exceeded but the region remains classified at a high level of vulnerability.

According to the daily report of the DGS, 19,636 people sick with Covid-19 died in French hospitals. The figures in social and medico-social establishments, including nursing homes, will be updated on Tuesday, July 21.

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