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2238 new cases detected in 24 hours, nearly 400 active “clusters”

The coronavirus continues to grow in France, where 2,238 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced on Tuesday, August 18 in its daily press release. 16,129 cases have now been detected in one week.

22 people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,451 victims. 185 new hospital admissions were recorded, for a total of 4,823 patients currently hospitalized. Among them, 28 new serious patients were admitted to intensive care, bringing the number of patients in these units to 380. The regions “Île-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Hauts-de-France and Guyana account for 70% of patients in intensive care», Specifies the DGS.

386 «clusters”, Or outbreaks of contagion, are still active in the territory, including 29 new ones that have been detected in the last 24 hours. Between August 9 and August 15, 620,355 tests were carried out in the territory, with a positivity rate of 3% – a figure that has been rising steadily for more than a week. Since the start of the epidemic, 109,462 people have been hospitalized and 84,309 have returned home.

«Get tested on your return»Vacation

«If you’ve been on vacation in an area with active virus circulation, get tested on your return. In the event of a positive test or symptoms: isolate yourself and contact your doctor. Test – trace – isolate: this is the winning trio to reduce contamination“Asks the DGS.

In order to reduce the risk of infections, the DGS recommends avoiding too large friendly and family gatherings, and especially to respect the “3M» : «Meter, Hands, Masks», Synonymous with the barrier gestures to apply (one meter away, wash your hands and wear a mask). “At the slightest symptom, even slight, if I have been exposed to a risk or if I have returned from a country where the virus is actively circulating (…) request (z) a virological test», Indicates the institution. The DGS also advises to isolate yourself at the first signs.

Globally, the threshold of 21.9 million infected since the appearance of the virus has been crossed, for a total of at least 775,000 deaths.

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