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The weekly number of teleconsultations, which had peaked around one million in April, continued to decline in July and August, reaching a plateau of around 150,000 acts per week before the start of the school year, according to figures transmitted on Wednesday by the Health Insurance to AFP.

It's a soft landing for the teleconsultation, after a late but dazzling takeoff.

Reimbursed by the Social Security since September 2018, this new practice had remained confidential until the coronavirus and confinement, which increased it from 10,000 acts per week in early March to more than a million in early April.

Less than 200,000 acts per week in August

A pace maintained until deconfinement, followed by a drop to 650,000 at the end of May, then 396,000 at the end of June.

The decline continued in July, with 364,000 teleconsultations the first week, 328,000 the second, 234,000 the third (that of the National Day), 267,000 the fourth and 253,000 the last.

The pace stabilized in August, with 196,000 acts the first week, 147,000 the second (that of the Assumption), a low to 139,000 the third and a rebound to 160,000 the last.

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