Viral circulation is "sharply increasing" in France, with more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus per day, and the epidemic has killed ten new people in hospitals, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced on Friday.
“We are back to levels comparable to those at the end of the confinement period. We have thus erased a good part of the progress that we had made in the first weeks of deconfinement ”, regrets the DGS. The epidemic has killed 10 people since Thursday in hospitals, bringing the total number of deaths to 30,192 people.
The virus's reproduction rate on the rise
Since the start of the epidemic, 19,676 people have died in hospitals and 10,516 in social and medico-social establishments (Ehpad). In total, 5,720 people are hospitalized for Covid-19, including 410 in intensive care, or 26 less than Thursday. The next update of the figures for social and medico-social establishments will take place on July 28.
The virus's effective reproduction rate (or “effective R”, based on positive virological tests) is now 1.3, which means that each Covid-19 patient infects an average of 1.3 other people, a rate rising.
Since May 9, 581 grouped cases (or "clusters") have been detected but 366 are "closed", notes the DGS. 215 outbreaks are therefore still active on July 24, including 11 new ones detected since the day before.
A "cluster" is defined by the occurrence of at least three confirmed or probable cases, in a period of 7 days, which belong to the same community or have participated in the same gathering.
“It is more than ever necessary to find a collective discipline: teleworking, reduction of unnecessary exposure and especially the test in the slightest doubt (484,000 tests performed per week), automatic isolation in the event of symptoms or contact with a carrier of the virus or a sick person are essential to limit the epidemic resumption ”, recalls the DGS.
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