THE QUESTION
.
No new measures as Christmas approaches, at a time when several of our neighbors are choosing to tighten up the sanitary rules.
However, the French health situation is not good.
"
The epidemic is no longer receding as Christmas approaches
[...]
we are on
a plateau
", underlined Gabriel Attal during a speech Monday, December 21, at the end of the last Council of Ministers of the year.
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However, according to Gabriel Attal, France is "
in a less degraded health situation than most of
[its]
European partners
".
What is it really ?
Where are our European neighbors in the fight against Covid-19?
CHECKS
.
France has recorded 5,797 new cases of contamination in the past 24 hours, and more than 350 deaths.
These figures are down compared to those of the weekend, (12,799 new cases Sunday, 17,565 Saturday), Mondays still presenting less important results than the weekends.
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If we compare the figures of
new daily cases
with those of our European neighbors, France is doing well.
According to figures from John-Hopkins University, compiled by the Our World in data site, France presented on Monday, December 21, 218.78 new daily cases per million people.
Only Spain has significantly lower figures, as their rate is 205.83 new daily cases per million people.
Belgium also records better figures (218.18 cases per million inhabitants), but very few.
1/2 - Sources: COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), Johns Hopkins University Our World In data
2/2 - Sources: COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), Johns Hopkins University Our World In data
Regarding
the number of
registered
deaths
, France has a better record than most of its neighbors.
With a ratio of 5.75 deaths per million inhabitants as of December 21, only Spain records better figures with 3.81 deaths per million inhabitants.
1/2 - Our World in Data Sources: COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), Johns Hopkins University
2/2 - Our World in Data Sources: COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), Johns Hopkins University
The trajectories of our neighbors
Typology of epidemic trajectories in countries neighboring France. Countries are ranked by the number of cases per million population, in descending order, as of December 21, 2020.
The
Luxembourg
is the most affected country of our neighbors in proportion to its size.
On December 21, it recorded 612.07 cases per million inhabitants.
This is the lowest number since the start of the “second wave”, but it remains the most important of our neighbors.
Luxembourg's peak cases were reached on November 18 with 1,109.81 cases per million inhabitants.
The
United Kingdom is currently going
through a strong epidemic resumption, since it is on November 21 that the number of cases per million inhabitants the highest of this "second wave" was recorded: 431 cases per million inhabitants .
Until November 18, the country recorded a stable number of new cases per million inhabitants, it then fell to rise again from December 6, and reach its current level.
The
Germany
recorded a slow recovery but its regular caseload.
After the start of a contained “second wave”, the curve is rising again, and the country is currently experiencing an epidemic peak, with 301.72 cases per million inhabitants on December 21.
The
Italy
experienced a "second wave" somewhat similar to that of France, but less strong and shifted, reaching 580.08 cases per million inhabitants on 16 November.
The epidemic is now in decline, and seems to expect a plateau around 250 cases per million inhabitants.
The
Belgium
has reached a dizzying peak of 1536.03 new cases per million inhabitants on 30 October.
Then the number of cases dropped drastically, and today, the country only registers 218.18 cases per million inhabitants.
Only Spain has better figures.
The
Spanish
, too, experienced a "second wave" less strong, but this time at the same time as France.
Its peak was reached on November 4 with 451.92 cases per million inhabitants.
Today it is the country with the fewest cases per million inhabitants.
