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Covid-19: live announcements

Live this Monday, August 8:

Covid figures in France this Monday August 8: 21,528 people were infected in 24 hours to August 7, down 31.7% over the last seven days. The positivity rate is decreasing, it is 21.7%. In addition, the number of people hospitalized fell over a week, with 4,894 hospitalizations over the last 7 days, (-31.3% in 7 days). The number of deaths also fell with 461 deaths over the last seven days (-19.5%).
Weekly epidemiological update of August 4: the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 continues to slow down at the national level with a marked decrease in incidence (-37%) and positivity (-5.9 points) rates in one week. This trend is observed in all age groups and all metropolitan areas, according to Santé Publique France. The drop in new hospitalizations is also confirmed this week.
The replacement of BA.2 by BA.5 continues. Majority for several weeks now, BA.5 represented 92% of interpretable sequences during the Flash S29 survey (07/18), against 3% for BA.2. BA.4 represented 6% of the interpretable sequences.
Blocked for nearly two years from the rest of the world, the city of Hong Kong will reduce its mandatory quarantine for people arriving from abroad.