The essential
The demonstrations against the health pass brought together 204,090 people yesterday, including 14,250 in Paris alone, according to the authorities' count.
The increase in admissions linked to Covid-19 continues, in French hospitals.
7,409 patients are treated, and 1,099 are in critical care.
The ARS has sounded the alarm in Occitania, where new hospitalizations have multiplied by more than 10 in one month.
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7.45 a.m.
Critical situation in Burma.
The United Kingdom is warning the United Nations that half of the Burmese population, or around 27 million people, could be infected with Covid-19 in the next two weeks.
A "desperate" situation in a country in the hands of a military junta since a coup on February 1.
7.40 am.
Slight decline in Brazil.
For the first time in seven months, the average of daily deaths over seven days fell below the 1000 mark in Brazil, reaching 989. Contaminations are also coming down, although epidemiologists fear a new wave linked to the Delta variant.
7:25 am.
And to start, a point on the situation in Occitania.
The ARS alerts on the progression of the virus: in one month, new hospitalizations have multiplied by 10. During this same period, critical care entries have increased from less than 10 to more than 90. Details can be read here .
[CoviD19] In #Occitanie, the indicators are very worrying.
An incidence rate up to 12 times> the alert threshold in some departments.
All age groups are concerned with a very significant impact on the health system.
We must react now!
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- ARS Occitanie (@ARS_OC) July 31, 2021
7:20 a.m.
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