France, + 150% cases in one week, 'never-before-seen increase'

(ANSA) - PARIS, 20 JUL - Eighteen thousand new coronavirus cases in France in the last 24 hours, a "maivist" surge, according to Health Minister Olivier Véran, who attributes this disturbing increase to the Delta variant. Last week, in France, there were fewer than 7,000 cases and now we are at 18,000. "This - Veran said during his speech at the National Assembly - is equivalent to an increase in the circulation of the virus of the order of 150% in a week: we have never seen such a thing, neither with Covid (the historical strain of the virus) nor with the English variant, neither with the South African nor Brazilian one ". (HANDLE).