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Coronavirus: 2,846 new cases in 24 hours, 342 active "clusters"

2020-08-14T17:13:05.681Z


18 people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,406 victims.The coronavirus epidemic continues to progress again in France, where 2,846 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced on Thursday, August 13 in its daily press release. More than 12,947 cases have been detected in one week. Read also: How young people are accelerating the transmission of Covid-19 18 people have died from Covid in the pas...


The coronavirus epidemic continues to progress again in France, where 2,846 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced on Thursday, August 13 in its daily press release. More than 12,947 cases have been detected in one week.

Read also: How young people are accelerating the transmission of Covid-19

18 people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,406 victims. 173 new hospital admissions were recorded, for a total of 4,828 patients currently hospitalized. Among them, 20 new serious patients were admitted to intensive care, bringing the number of patients in these units to 367. The “ Île-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Hauts-de-France and Guyana regions group together 71% of patients in intensive care, ”specifies the DGS.

342 “ clusters ”, or sources of contagion, are still active in the territory, including 27 new ones that have been detected in the last 24 hours. Between August 5 and 11, 609,527 tests were carried out in the territory, with a positivity rate of 2.4% - a figure that has been rising steadily for several days. Since the start of the epidemic, 108,956 people have been hospitalized and 83,848 have returned home.

Read also: Covid-19: "At the start of the school year, the virus will still be there", says Jérôme Salomon

Paris and Marseille classified in "red zone"

In order to reduce the risk of infections, the DGS recommends avoiding too large friendly and family gatherings, and above all to respect the “ 3M ”: “ Meter, Hands, Masks ”, synonyms of the barrier gestures to be applied (one meter of distance, wash your hands and wear a mask). " At the slightest symptom, even slight, if I have been exposed to a risk or that I return from a country where the virus is actively circulating (...) requests (z) a virological test ", indicates the institution. The DGS also advises to isolate yourself at the first signs.

Also read: Wearing a mask: what is the “ABCD” rule mentioned by Olivier Véran?

Two departments (Paris and Bouches-du-Rhône) are now classified as an active circulation zone for the virus.

Globally, the barrier of 20.9 million infected since the appearance of the virus has been crossed, for a total of at least 760,461 deaths.

Source: lefigaro

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