Covid-19: France facing a record number of contaminations and deaths
Monday, November 2, a new record was broken in France with 52,518 cases of coronavirus contamination and 418 deaths in just 24 hours.
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France set a new record on Monday, November 2, with 52,518 cases of Covid-19 contamination and 418 deaths in 24 hours, according to data provided by health authorities.
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While the French are being massively tested, the number of new cases of contamination has jumped by 52,518 in 24 hours and the rate of positivity of the tests continues to increase, to 20.6% against 20.4% the day before.
The previous record of contaminations went back to October 25, with 52,010 new contaminations identified.
The number of deaths linked to Covid-19
in France
has risen sharply in the past 24 hours, with a total of 418 deaths, bringing the total to more than 37,435 since the start of the epidemic, according to figures from Public Health France Monday.
The number of deaths
in hospitals
is 25,784, says Public Health France.
The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care or intensive care has also increased sharply, with 430 new admissions in 24 hours, bringing the total to 3,721 patients.
The number of resuscitation beds, already raised from 5,100 to 5,800 after the first epidemic wave, rose to 6,400 at the start of the week and should soon exceed 7,000.
The epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet, member of the Scientific Council, estimated Sunday that the peak in intensive care could be reached during the "
third week of November, and then we will see a decrease
".
The number of people sick with the coronavirus and hospitalized reached 25,120 on Monday, 2,547 more than on Sunday.
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