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Health authorities have identified 22 people who have died of the disease in the past 24 hours in France.
The pressure on hospital services continues to drop, with 1,703 Covid-19 patients in critical care services, according to the latest figures from Public Health France, on Saturday.
Never has such a low level been reached since last October
The incidence rate in France continues to fall and falls below the threshold of 30 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, for the first time since August 17, 2020.
Moscow on Saturday recorded a new record of cases of contamination for the second consecutive day, with 9,120 infections in 24 hours.
An outbreak linked, according to the authorities, to the Delta variant which appeared in India, and which threatens to overwhelm hospitals in the capital.
Shenzhen Airport in southern China canceled hundreds of flights on Saturday and tightened checks after a restaurant worker tested positive for the Delta variant.
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7:22.
New wave in Brazil?
Brazil, the second country most bereaved by Covid-19 behind the United States, has crossed the threshold of 500,000 dead.
The country, which has 212 million inhabitants, experienced a deadly second wave at the start of the year with more than 4,000 deaths per day.
He fears he will be hit by a third wave as the number of infections has spiked again.
7:15 am.
More than 60% of adults vaccinated in France.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 31,964,313 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 47.7% of the total population and 60.9% of the adult population) and 16,209,689 people have received two injections. (i.e. 24.2% of the total population and 30.9% of the adult population).
18,175,104 people thus have a complete vaccination schedule.
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