The Ministry of Well being notes a development of accelerating the epidemic. – Christelle Rewiako / SIPA
The variety of new confirmed circumstances of coronavirus in France continues to extend, with “more than 1,000 today”, and “10 new” outbreaks of grouped circumstances detected because the day earlier than, introduced Thursday the Directorate Basic of Well being (DGS) .
The ministry has noticed an acceleration development in latest weeks, with 26% extra circumstances in comparison with final week, towards 18% and 11% improve in earlier weeks, in France excluding Guyana.
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Slackening in barrier gestures and elevated circulation of the virus
“This underlying trend indicates that our recent habits” (rest of the appliance of barrier gestures, improve within the variety of dangerous contacts …) “have been promoting the circulation of the virus for several weeks already”, he underlines in a press launch. .
“At the slightest symptom, it is more than ever necessary to be screened by virological test, isolating yourself before even having an appointment and then waiting for the result”, to stop “chains of transmission, sometimes important, are formed “and forestall” the epidemic to rebound “, he provides.
The epidemic has killed 10 individuals since Wednesday in hospitals, bringing the whole variety of deaths to 30,182 individuals.
570 clusters since Could 9
Because the begin of the epidemic, 19,666 individuals have died in hospitals and 10,516 in social and medico-social institutions (Ehpad) the place the final evaluation was revised downwards on Tuesday. The following replace of the figures for social and medico-social institutions will happen on July 28.
In complete, 5,957 persons are hospitalized for Covid-19, together with 436 in intensive care, or 9 lower than Wednesday.
Since Could 9, 570 grouped circumstances (or “clusters”) have been detected however 361 are “closed”, notes the DGS. 209 outbreaks are due to this fact nonetheless lively on July 23, together with 10 new ones detected because the day earlier than.
A “cluster” is outlined by the prevalence of no less than three confirmed or possible circumstances, inside a interval of seven days, which belong to the identical neighborhood or have participated in the identical gathering.
