The "second strong wave", mentioned by the Prime Minister this Monday morning, is there.
According to the daily report from Public Health France, 8,505 new Covid-19 contaminations have been identified over the past 24 hours.
The other indicators bear witness to a situation that continues to deteriorate over the days.
1,496 epidemic outbreaks are being investigated, including 304 in nursing homes, or 55 additional “clusters” in the space of 24 hours.
A positivity rate of 11.8%
The test positivity rate now stands at 11.8%, compared to 11.5% the day before.
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In the past 24 hours, 96 patients have succumbed to Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus victims in France to 32,825, including 21,993 in hospital.
At the hospital, the health authorities have also recorded 5,350 new hospitalizations related to Covid-19 over the last seven days.
Among these patients, 929 were admitted to intensive care.
“The reality of the second wave is here.
I call for all of us to mobilize, there can no longer be any relaxation ”, Prime Minister Jean Castex underlined in the morning.