Second wave requires, many French cities to redouble measures to counter the spread of the virus.
On the other hand, on the side of the Ministry of Health, communication efforts on the daily figures of the epidemic are at a standstill.
Friday, the number of deaths and hospitalizations in 24 hours displayed by Public Health France was skewed, data from a hospital in Essonne having been added retroactively.
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Let's rewind.
For several months, the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, used to speak at a press conference every evening at around 7 p.m.
It gave the number of deaths, cases, people in intensive care, what we were learning new about the virus, while recalling the barrier gestures.
After the deconfinement, the interventions of Jérôme Salomon became scarce, to the point of disappearing instead of a press release sent by email to journalists.
Public Health France posted 123 new deaths in 24 hours, which is skewed, since we add data stopped on July 29, from a hospital in Essonne.
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However, since September 10, 2020, no text has been sent to editors.
To transmit information on the number of cases, it is necessary to access this page, on the site of Public Health France, where an image is published with the “
key figures
” updated daily.
Not only, the site regularly suffers from display bugs which prevent access to the data, but these are not exhaustive and are not accompanied by any explanation.
Only weekly press releases still survive.
"Data catching"
This Friday, a toll of 123 additional deaths in 24 hours was posted by Public Health France, while 50 deaths were to be deplored the day before.
There are also 403 new hospitalizations, against 247 Thursday.
More than alarming announcements.
Except that these figures are not representative of reality.
By going to the Géodes site, the dynamic cartographic observatory providing access to the main health indicators, we observe that a hospital in Essonne transmitted this Friday nearly 240 files concerning patients hospitalized during the last months.
“As a result, the hospital indicators for September 18, 2020, presented by date of declaration, show a sudden increase in this department.
This impact is also visible at a regional and national level ”
, explains on the home page.
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Today's figures are therefore largely distorted.
According to the Ministry of Health, this is a
"catching up of data"
concerning "
237 admissions files including 76 deaths
" recorded ... until the 29th week of the year, that is to say that of July 19 !
By subtracting this impromptu addition to the real victims, we therefore obtain 47 additional deaths, which seems more realistic compared to the day before.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the entourage of Olivier Véran did not respond to our requests.