Public Health France sounded the alarm on Thursday July 14 on the sharp increase in recorded hospital admissions.
Almost 20% increase
A rise in covid hospital admissions is recorded in the course of last week, i.e. nearly 20%. According to Public Health France, the continuation of this increase has been observed over the past few days.
Over the period from July 4 to 10, 8,063 new hospitalizations were listed, i.e. a “sharp rise” by 19% compared to the previous week.
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The same goes for the critical care service with 761 entries, or 22% more in the space of a week. In health and medico-social establishments, the death rate also increased by 29%, with 389 deaths recorded, reports Lacroix.com.
Over the first three days of the week, the rates of new admissions and admissions to critical care are again on the rise with respectively 22% and 32%. Website Geodes indicated that in the face of rising news hospital admissionsl, contaminations are slowing down with around 130,000 cases per day.
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