How and how fast is the coronavirus spread and what is its medical impact? 94 Citoyens takes stock in 15 graphs on the evolution and trends in the number of clusters, people detected positive for the coronavirus, Covid-19 patients hospitalized and in intensive care, and deaths by age and by department of Ile-de-France -of France.
Barometer updated every week. Data source: Public Health France. Infographic 94 Citizens with Tableau Public
Last update: Monday, October 12, 2020
More than 6,000 tested positive every day in Ile-de-France
The number of people who test positive every day in Ile-de-France is increasing rapidly. From less than 3,000 per day at the end of September, the number rose to more than 6,000 in early October.
The week of September 21, 19,151 people tested positive in Ile-de-France. By the week of September 28, they were close to 24,000. And just on the first 4 days of the week of October 5 (the last column of the graph below represents the numbers from 5 to 8), the number rose to 25,710.
The positivity rate reaches 13%
Around 3.5% during deconfinement, the test positivity rate had fallen below 1% at the beginning of July before gradually rising. It crossed 5% in early September, 6-7% in mid-September, reached 10% in early October and now 13%.
The weekly number of tests has started to increase again
Note that the number of tests performed each week in Ile-de-France has resumed its progression with the opening of new centers.
(Below, the week of October 5 is not complete and only takes into account the numbers from October 5 to 8)
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The elderly remain in the minority in new cases of Covid but the proportion of those over 40 is increasing
In terms of age group, the positive cases detected still mainly concern young people. The 20-29 age group represented 25.79% in the week of October 5, declining since the end of August, when it had climbed to 37%. The proportion of people over 40 continues to increase. For example, the 40-49 age group represented 11.20% in mid-August and 15.42% the week of October 5. The over-60s remain very much in the minority (less than 15% of all those tested positive) while they represented almost half during the first wave.
Below is the evolution of the proportion per week, since the start of deconfinement.
The incidence rate is logically increasing
The virus incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants also continues to increase, remaining higher in Paris and in the inner suburbs.
149 active clusters in Ile-de-France
As of October 8, 2020, the balance sheet (excluding nursing homes and restricted family environments) amounted to 575 clusters included since May 8 in the Île-de-France region (versus 498 on October 1), of which 149 are active (25.9%) . 61 clusters were reported in week 40 (September 28) but these data are not yet consolidated.