France has recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases since the end of the lockdown in May : 3,310 in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health reported by the French media. 17 new outbreaks were also identified and the weekly positivity rate was calculated to increase by 2.6%. There was also a slight increase in the number of patients in intensive care, 376 in total, +9 compared to Friday.
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, 30,409 people have died.
The United States recorded 47,913 new cases of Covid-19 and 1,029 new deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University cited by CNN. These latest numbers bring the national total to 5,361,165 cases and 169,481 deaths. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned this week that if Americans fail to comply with coronavirus prevention measures. like wearing masks and avoiding crowds, there is a risk of the "worst health failure ever".
Coronavirus: new record in France, over 3000 cases
2020-08-16T11:31:06.573Z
New daily record of coronavirus cases since the end of the lockdown in May: 3,310 in the last 24 hours, 17 outbreaks identified. In the United States, 48,000 new cases and over 1,000 deaths (ANSA)