A total of 1,695 coronavirus cases were confirmed between Tuesday and Wednesday, after crossing the 1,000 mark since late July. Number
A total of 1,695 coronavirus cases were confirmed between Tuesday and Wednesday, after crossing the 1,000 mark since late July.
The number of people diagnosed positive for Covid-19 increased in the last 24 hours, but the number of patients in intensive care units decreased, the General Directorate of Health (DGS) announced on Wednesday. A total of 1,695 coronavirus cases were confirmed between Tuesday and Wednesday, after crossing the 1,000 mark since late July. In addition, 19 new clusters (pollution hot spots) were identified, of which a total of 294 are still active.
There was also on Wednesday, 384 people were hospitalized in intensive care, four less than on Tuesday. This figure has fluctuated in recent days, breaking the continuation of the downward trend registered since May 24. Since Tuesday, nine new deaths have been reported. The number of deaths from Covid in France reached a total of 30,305 this Wednesday, 19,799 in hospitals and 10,506 in residences and other social and medical-social institutions.
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This latest figure, which dates from Tuesday, will be updated on August 11. Île-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Hauts-de-France and Guyana concentrate 70% of patients in the intensive care unit, recalls DGS.
“We are very sorry for the buzz”
On Tuesday, the scientific committee leading the government’s fight against Covid-19 warned that France is not immune to an epidemic of runaway recovery and called on the French to adhere to containment measures. “There has been an increase in emergency calls, hospitalizations and even intensive care unit hospitalizations,” Olivier Véran confirmed in an interview with South-West, posted online Wednesday evening.
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The number of tests carried out, which is expected to reach “600,000 weekly tests this week”, may partly explain the increase in positive diagnoses, but “not only”, says the Minister of Health. “The circulation of the virus is increasing,” he continued, “associated with successive concentrations where people relax vigilance.”
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“It is not the face of the wave, but the noise is clearly felt and the action of each one of us is key to minimizing this evolution”, insisted the Minister of Health. Returning to “Ségur Salud”, a series of measures to transform the care system, it is said that Olivier Véran wants to go further, with “Ségur Salud Pública, to be able to advance with a comparable method, on the main issues of public interest” . health, especially prevention”.
Date updated: August 6, 2020, 04:58
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