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Coronavirus in France: 163 dead and 20,468 contaminations in 24 hours

2020-10-20T18:45:50.912Z


There hadn't been as many deaths since mid-May. This Tuesday, the positivity rate for tests continues to increase and now stands at


The restrictions are tightening day by day in Europe in an attempt to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, which has already killed 252,000 there.

In France, the indicators continue to deteriorate.

This Tuesday evening, the authorities identified 20,468 new coronavirus contaminations recorded in 24 hours, against 13,243 Monday and 29,837 Sunday.

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According to the latest figures published by Public Health France, 163 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in hospitals since Monday.

Unheard of since deconfinement.

At least 33,885 people have lost their lives as a result of the disease since the start of the epidemic.

More than 12,000 hospitalized patients

Some 12,435 patients are currently hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

(+ 1943 in 24 hours).

All attention remains on the intensive care or intensive care units.

On Tuesday, French establishments took care of 278 new patients requiring specific care, against 151 on Monday.

In total, 2,168 patients are currently treated in these services reserved for the most serious cases.

They were 2,090 on Monday.

The last time we counted more than 2,000 people in intensive care for Covid-19 was in mid-May.

At the peak of the epidemic, in April, more than 7,000 patients were hospitalized in intensive care, a number which fell sharply until the end of July, before gradually rising.

148 new clusters

The test positivity rate, which measures the proportion of positive people on all the tests carried out, continues to increase to reach 13.6% on Tuesday, against 13.4% on Monday.

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Finally, 1,829 new clusters are being investigated (outbreaks of infection grouping together “at least three confirmed or probable cases, in a period of seven days”, according to the definition given by Public Health France), ie 148 more than the standby.

Source: leparis

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