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Covid-19 in France: 13 new deaths and 2,106 patients in critical care

2021-06-15T11:41:38.186Z


In the sun, the French are enjoying their first weekend under curfew at 11 p.m. The authorities maintain their calls for vigilance


Many young people have gathered at the Invalides in Paris for two evenings for wild parties.

Two evenings that the police are forced to intervene to enforce the rules.

Because the restrictions are still in force on French territory, and the authorities wish to avoid at all costs an early resumption of the epidemic in the country, while the situation on the other side of the Channel remains quite delicate.

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France is still far from it, according to the latest figures revealed this Sunday by the health authorities.

The trend has been the same for several weeks, and it is very encouraging: the epidemic is tending to ebb.

Weak all the same this Sunday in terms of the number of hospitalized patients.

12,480 patients are currently being cared for in French hospitals, they were 12,496 on Saturday and 14,532 seven days ago.

The incidence rate below the "alert threshold"

In critical care units, where patients with severe disease are treated, the trend is the same.

This Sunday, 2106 patients were treated in these specialized services, against 2110 Saturday and 2525 a week ago.

In the last 24 hours, 26 new patients had to be treated there.

Hospitals had not admitted as few seriously ill Covid-19 patients since September 20.

On the death front, health authorities announce that 13 Covid-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours in hospital.

It should be noted that the incidence rate in France returns for the first time since August 25, 2020 under the value 50, the “alert threshold” initially set last summer. It now stands at 47 for the week of June 4-10. The test positivity rate drops to 1.6%, a level not reached since August 3, 2020.

Source: leparis

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