Twelve regions have reported cases, three of them have more than 10.
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TheThe coronavirus has infected 130 people in France since late January, the health ministry said on Sunday. France has “130 confirmed cases, 12 cured, 2 died. 116 are hospitalized for reasons of isolation and nine are in serious clinical situations, “said Jérôme Salomon, director general of health.
Twelve regions have reported cases, three of them have more than 10: Ile-de-France, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Hauts-de-France. Guadeloupe reported it for the first time, he said.
Out of the 130 confirmed cases, 72 are part of a chain of transmission or a cluster (a group of clustered cases, note), 35 are returning from areas abroad where the virus is circulating, 23 recent ones are in the process of ‘investigation, 7 were detected by the systematic test’ on people with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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The threshold of 100 cases exceeded
The two largest outbreaks of grouped cases are still in the Oise (north of Paris) and La Balme in Haute-Savoie (east), where strict measures (gatherings prohibited, inhabitants asked to limit their movements, etc. ) have been applied since Saturday to prevent the spread of the virus.
Since Saturday, France has crossed the symbolic threshold of 100 cases since the end of January, becoming the second outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe after Italy (1,694 cases). Germany has 117 confirmed cases and the Netherlands 10, according to the latest reports on Sunday. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has identified a case, a man returned from Italy by Belgium. According to the Luxembourg authorities, quoted by the newspaper L’Esssentiel, the patient is doing well, his case is not of particular concern.
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