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Covid-19 in France: 96 deaths and 8,500 new contaminations in 24 hours

2020-10-12T18:07:26.626Z


France continues to strengthen its restrictive measures, with new cities placed on high alert.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,


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.

Source: leparis

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