The battle against the new coronavirus is not yet won. In its latest report this Thursday, Public Health France observed a still very active circulation of the virus.
Posted on 3 Sep 20 at 19:11
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As the back-to-school week soon ends, health authorities are concerned about the spread of Covid-19 on French soil.
This Thursday, September 3, 2020, the latest report from Public Health France thus states 7,157 new cases of contamination, France then exceeding the symbolic bar of 300,000 cases observed since the start of the pandemic in the territory. Number of clusters, test positivity rate… We take stock.
The figures to remember this Thursday
In 24 hours, France has 7,157 new positive cases, for a total of 300,181 cases.
The test positivity rate increased from the previous day, from 4.3% to 4.4%. Since the start of the epidemic, more than 8 million tests have been carried out, adds the Directorate General of Health in a press release.
383 clusters are under investigation, including 43 new since yesterday.
30,706 people died in France since the appearance of the virus (including 20,192 in hospitals and 10,514 in social and medico-social establishments.) It is 21 more deaths than yesterday.
A total of 112,403 people were hospitalized for infection with the new coronavirus since the start of the epidemic on French soil. 87 206 were however able to return healed At her place.
4,643 people are still hospitalized to date, including 464 in intensive care. This represents respectively 307 new hospitalizations and 55 additional intensive care placements since the day before.
60 departments are in a situation of high or moderate vulnerability.
Four regions, namely Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, include 68% of patients in intensive care. In Overseas : 169 hospitalizations, including 39 in intensive care.
In the world, there are 26 million confirmed cases since December 31, 2019 (including 2.78 million in Europe). 863,535 people died (including 182,183 in Europe).
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