This Thursday, the coronavirus report shows 31,095 deaths from the coronavirus in France, or 50 new deaths since the last score.
The number of new cases detected in 24 hours reached a new record, with 10,593 infections.
France recorded 10,593 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, a new record since the launch of large-scale tests in the country, and 50 new deaths, Public Health France announced Thursday.
Some 3,223 Covid patients have been hospitalized over the last seven days, or 247 more than the figures announced the day before, including 535 in intensive care, said the public health service.
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A stable positivity rate ...
On the other hand, the positivity rate (proportion of the number of positive people compared to the total number of people tested) remained stable at 5.4%.
According to SpF, 84 new sources of contamination were detected in 24 hours, against 77 on Wednesday and 68 on Tuesday.
In total, 896 homes "are under investigation" including 143 in nursing homes.
Since the start of the epidemic, at least 31,095 Covid-related deaths have been recorded in France, including 20,567 in hospitals.
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... but an increase in indicators
In its weekly report, also published Thursday for the week of September 7 to 13, SpF notes an "increase in all indicators for monitoring the epidemic", including emergency visits (+ 50%), new hospitalizations ( + 45%), intensive care admissions (+ 48%) as well as an "increase in deaths linked to SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals and in establishments for the elderly", which increased by 105%.
The agency also mentions a "probable underestimation of the increase in the number of confirmed cases due to the saturation of diagnostic capacities in certain regions".
In 48 departments, the incidence of cases is above the alert threshold of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants, "including 12 departments with a rate greater than 100 per 100,000 inhabitants".
If the virus is still in "strong circulation in young adults", it is also "on the rise in 75 years and over," says SpF.