France has exceeded in the last 24 hours the 3,700 new cases of COVID-19, an unprecedented increase since May, according to figures released Wednesday by the Directorate General of Health (DGS).
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According to this count, 3,776 new positive diagnoses were recorded over the last day, against 2,238 on Tuesday. And since May, the bar of 3,000 new cases had only been crossed twice, Saturday and Sunday.
A total of 16,747 people have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past seven days.
French hospitals have admitted 162 new patients with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, up from 185 on Tuesday. A total of 4,806 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 infection, a downward figure (they were 4,823 on Tuesday).
The number of patients in intensive care (374) decreased slightly compared to the previous day (380). 31 patients were admitted to intensive care units, against 28 on Monday.
30,468 people have died in France since the start of the epidemic (i.e. 17 deaths since Tuesday), including 19,957 in hospitals and 10,511 in social and medico-social establishments (a figure which dates from Tuesday and will be updated August 25).
The percentage of positive tests continues to increase slightly, to 3.1% against 3% on Tuesday and 21 new foci of clustered cases have been detected, also indicated the DGS.