The white plan launched in New Aquitaine, alarming situation in the West Indies, record of contaminations in Sydney ...
Le Figaro
takes stock, Tuesday, August 10, on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
To discover
Covid-19: what we know about the Delta variant
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More than 1,700 patients in critical care in French hospitals
The epidemic continues to spread in France, where 68 deaths from Covid have been counted in the past 24 hours.
With 211 new critical care admissions in 24 hours, the number of patients in these services who treat the most serious cases reached 1,712, up from the previous day (1,667).
They were 1331 last Tuesday.
Hospitals welcomed 9,153 patients on Tuesday - against 9,022 the day before - including 944 admitted in the last 24 hours, at their highest since June 27.
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The white plan launched in New Aquitaine
After Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie, it is the turn of New Aquitaine to put in place its “white plan”. The local regional health agency announced this Tuesday, August 10 that it will be triggered in all health establishments in the region, "in
order to anticipate and be able to equip a sufficient number of beds to absorb the new hospitalizations which will occur in the coming days
" , can we read in a press release.
In question, a risk of "
saturation
": over the period from August 1 to 7, the incidence rate in New Aquitaine peaked at 198.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, "
well above the alert threshold of 50
" .
The most affected departments are those on the coast, namely Gironde, with a rate of 284.8, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (280.8), Landes (220.4) and Charente-Maritime (213.9) .
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Alarming situation in the West Indies
Dizzying Covid incidence rate, explosion of cases in Guadeloupe, strict confinement in Martinique: the health situation is increasingly alarming in the West Indies where the French Minister of Overseas Sébastien Lecornu begins a
"crisis visit" on
Tuesday evening
.
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In Martinique, where the incidence rate is one of the highest in France (nearly 1,200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), shops, places of culture and leisure, including beaches, are closed and tourists are invited to leave. the island.
The health situation is also critical in French Polynesia where the authorities announced the reinstatement from Wednesday of a night curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., in addition to the restrictions in place since the end of July.
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Three patients transferred from Occitanie to Hauts-de-France
Three intensive care patients were transferred Tuesday by plane from Occitanie, where health authorities expect
"an exponential increase in critical care needs"
, to Lille and Amiens, according to regional health agencies.
"Three resuscitation patients were transferred today by plane from Occitanie to the University Hospital of Amiens and Lille"
, writes the ARS in a press release, adding that other transfers could be organized in the coming days between these two regions.
In Occitania, the intensive care occupancy rate has not reached saturation: with around 200 patients, it is currently 35%, explained the ARS of Occitanie at a press conference.
However, the health authorities of the region expect
"an exponential evolution of the needs for critical care"
, which led them to trigger, on August 4, the White Plan, after Corsica and the Provence-Alpes-Côte region. d'Azur, and to organize these transfers as a preventive measure.
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Germany to end free tests to encourage vaccination
Germany will put an end to free Covid-19 screening tests from October 11 in order to relaunch a vaccination campaign which is slipping, the government and the regions decided on Tuesday.
Free tests will however remain in force for people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, for pregnant women or children, according to the text adopted at the meeting between Angela Merkel and the 16 heads of regional governments.
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Rising number of cases in China
The number of Covid-19 cases in China hit a seven-month high on Tuesday, after a cluster in a testing center that boosted numbers amid the outbreak of the Delta variant.
The health authorities have identified 143 new contaminations, of which 108 come from local contamination.
State media describe the current outbreak - which has resulted in local lockdowns, large-scale testing and travel restrictions - as the most serious since the outbreak of the coronavirus in late 2019 in the city of Wuhan (central).
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Record of contaminations in Sydney
Sydney on Tuesday recorded a record number of Covid-19 cases as the city desperately tries to contain the epidemic.
The State of New South Wales has recorded 356 new infections, a record since an epidemic resurgence in mid-June due to the Delta variant.
In Sydney, the country's largest city, more than 5 million people have entered their seventh week of confinement, while in Melbourne, five million people are confined for the sixth time.
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Travel to France not recommended for Americans
The American authorities have advised their nationals not to go to France because of an increase in the number of cases in France, while inviting people who have to go there
"to be fully vaccinated before traveling".
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United States: compulsory vaccination for the military
Vaccination will become compulsory
"by mid-September"
for all members of the American armed forces, announced the Minister of Defense, a decision
"strongly supported"
by Joe Biden.
Among the 2.5 million active and National Guard soldiers, only just over half are partially or fully vaccinated.
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More than 4.3 million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 4,303,610 people around the world since the end of December 2019, out of more than 203 million infections, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Tuesday at 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (617,321), ahead of Brazil (563,562), India (428,682), Mexico (244,690) and Peru (197,029).
The World Health Organization estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than the official figures.