CORONAVIRUS. Despite the uninterrupted appearance of new clusters, or hotbeds of contamination, the figures from hospitals continue to decline. Find all the info live.
The coronavirus, in France, “is not behind us”, tweeted Emmanuel Macron two days ago. The head of state has posed an undeniable truth since the Covid-19 continues to cause contamination and death. But it is also true that the figures from hospitals, but also from nursing homes, have been declining regularly for several days and the latest assessment is no exception: 83 more deaths over 24 hours, between Wednesday and Thursday, but 358 hospitalizations in less and 49 less intensive care beds occupied. The news of the coronavirus in France, it is therefore a positive evolution of the figures, but they are also centers of contamination, which continue to flourish almost everywhere in the country. There are clusters in Ile-de-France and in Grand Est, the two regions most affected by Covid-19, but also in areas having experienced a moderate epidemic wave, such as the Dordogne, Tarn or Côtes- Armor. Are these groupings of sudden cases worrying?
Most scientists interviewed on the subject agree that it is the logical sequence of events. “It is not abnormal, it is even expected that we discover clusters, that is to say groups of cases linked by chains of contamination”, even explained Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, leaving the Council of Ministers last Wednesday. It is therefore not, as it would be tempting to think, warning signs of a second epidemic wave. “It takes at least 10 to 15 days (from the deconfinement date of May 11, note) for us to know if there is an impact on the epidemic, but we are seeing a reduction in the number of hospitalizations news, the number of admissions in intensive care, so we do not see a decrease in the circulation of the virus, which does not mean that the virus does not circulate, “summarized Olivier Véran.
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14:23 – A second wave of coronavirus in France?
“Today, we have no signal of a resumption of the epidemic. But beware, the virus is still there. We have to wait until the end of next week (Editor’s note: the week of May 25) to find out if the contamination are going up again. […] We will then know if all the measures taken (tests, traceability, continuation of barrier gestures and physical distance) have had the expected impact to control the epidemic. We give ourselves all the means to succeed, “said Professor Geneviève Chêne, Director of Public Health France (SPF) Geneviève Chêne. The specialist believes that the appearance of new clusters should not worry unduly.” Their identification is good sign! This means that we are able to detect them quickly and implement anything that breaks the chains of transmission.
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The latest assessment of the coronavirus in France was communicated by the Ministry of Health this Thursday, May 21 in the early evening. The balance sheet of the epidemic now reaches at least 28,215 deaths, with 83 new deaths recorded during the last 24 hours and 1,745 serious cases in intensive care, or 49 less in 24 hours.
NB: the data relating to people hospitalized and in intensive care presented above correspond to the number of patients in the course of care and not to the accumulation since the beginning of the epidemic. In total, 99,822 hospitalizations were recorded. Similarly, hospitalizations and additional resuscitation cases in 24 hours correspond to net figures, taking into account cures and deaths. In the last 24 hours, in gross, 271 more hospitalizations were recorded and 28 admissions in intensive care.
While the deconfinement began Monday, May 11 in France, the famous second wave is feared. If, for the time being, the lifting of containment restrictions does not necessarily translate into figures from hospitals, new outbreaks of contamination, “clusters”, have arisen:
