COVID. In France, 10,151 people are currently hospitalized, a first since June. The Minister of the Armed Forces has announced the dispatch of 100 tonnes of oxygen to Martinique, where hospitals are overwhelmed by the influx of patients.
The essential
News for Tuesday, August 17
- The health situation continues to deteriorate in France. The latest assessment of the coronavirus epidemic reports more than 10,000 patients currently hospitalized, a first since June. Same upward trend in intensive care with 1,908 people treated in these services. “The hospital is full of patients who were afraid of the vaccine instead of being afraid of the virus. It is unbearable, because it is preventable,” lamented the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, on Twitter, during of his trip to the West Indies. See the details of the Covid-19 epidemic below.
- After Martinique and Guadeloupe, the curfew has been brought forward in Saint-Barthélemy, going from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m. The island is currently facing a “sharp deterioration in the hospital situation”, according to the health authorities, who recall that “all catering establishments must be closed at 8 pm in Saint-Barthélemy, as in Saint-Martin” .
- Vaccination against the coronavirus will soon be compulsory to travel to New Caledonia. The objective of the measure, to prevent the spread of the Delta variant on the territory, where the sanitary lock is weakened. The project will be adopted on Wednesday, the collegiate government said. “A strengthening of the entry criteria, which will become much more rigorous”, will also come into force.
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13:03 – The third dose, “not a priority”, according to the director of two nursing homes in Mayenne
Pascal Daubert, director of two establishments for the elderly, told France Bleu Mayenne that it was better to focus on the vaccination of the last residents who still have not received their two doses.
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12:22 – The advanced curfew in Saint-Barthélemy
According to the health authorities of Saint-Barthélemy, the island is facing a “sharp deterioration in the hospital situation”. In this context, the prefect decided to advance the curfew, currently in force from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Travel will now be prohibited between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. “All catering establishments must be closed at 8 pm in Saint-Barthélemy, as in Saint-Martin”, specifies the prefecture, and checks will be carried out by the national gendarmerie.
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12:01 – A cluster in a summer camp in Brittany
At least 68 cases of coronavirus have been detected in a summer camp in Belle-Île-en-Mer, in Brittany, on 171 children. Infected children are aged 10 to 17, says LCI, and are prohibited from leaving the establishment that accommodates them. A boat will be specially chartered by the authorities for the entire summer camp. “The children are not going to use the boat which carries both the vehicles and the general public. They will take a shuttle which is specially dedicated for them. The point is really that they are not mixed with the population. general “, explains Thibault Grollemund, DVG mayor of Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer.
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11:43 – A collective immunity which “depends on the commitment of each one”
Faced with the fourth wave of the coronavirus epidemic in France, the government is stepping up its calls for vaccination. For Enrique Casalino, infectious disease specialist and head of emergency at Bichat hospital in Paris, the progress of the vaccination campaign is above all a question of “commitment”. “With the Delta variant, to achieve collective immunity, we should be 90, 95% vaccinated: everything is possible that depends on the commitment of each”, he assured the microphone of Radio Classique.
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11:40 – A “massacre” in Martinique
The fourth wave of the coronavirus epidemic is hitting Martinique hard. Traveling on the island last Thursday, the Minister of Overseas Territories, Sébastien Lecornu, warned of a possible “unprecedented wave of deaths” linked to the epidemic. This is confirmed by the host of a local radio station, RCI, one of whose missions is to announce the names of the deceased on the island on the air. “It’s a massacre. Usually, we have a maximum of 30-35 opinions. Today I had 69, and two others have arrived in the meantime”, explains Francine-Julie Jean-Gilles in Sud- Where is.
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11:19 – Vaccination soon compulsory to enter New Caledonia
The local government of New Caledonia, spared by the coronavirus epidemic, is “determined to put no risk to [sa] population “. For this, vaccination against Covid-19 will become mandatory” for anyone entering the territory “, and” a strengthening of the entry criteria “has been decided to make them” much more rigorous. “Currently, the The territory’s sanitary protocol imposes a 7-day isolation in a hotel for passengers vaccinated with messenger RNA and 14 days for non-vaccinated.
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11:02 – 17 dead in 24 hours in Île-de-France
In Île-de-France, 17 additional deaths were recorded in 24 hours in hospital, according to the latest assessment of the coronavirus epidemic in France, dated August 16. A total of 20,802 people have died from Covid-19 infection in the region. Currently, 1,960 people are hospitalized, or 29 more admissions in 24 hours, and 389 patients are in intensive care.
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10:46 – After CovidTracker and ViteMaDose, Guillaume Rozier measures the effects of vaccination with VaxImpact
VaxImpact is a new tool launched by Guillaume Rozier, the creator of CovidTracker, to measure the effects of vaccination against the coronavirus in relation to the risks of contamination, hospitalization and death in France, explains Ouest France. Statistics are produced using data from the Department of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES).
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According to the latest assessment of the coronavirus epidemic in France, dated August 16, 5,829 new cases were recorded in 24 hours, or 54 more than last Monday. The average of contamination over seven days thus rose to 23,704 cases, against 23,697 the day before, or 722 more than last week, confirming an upward trend. Likewise, hospitalizations continue to increase, with 551 more hospitalizations in 24 hours, and 105 more intensive care admissions. All figures:
- 6,476,864 cases confirmed by PCR (nursing home included), i.e. 5,829 more
- 112,733 deaths in total (nursing homes included), i.e. 96 more
- 86,228 hospital deaths, or 96 more
- 10,151 people currently hospitalized, i.e. 353 more
- 1,908 people currently in intensive care, i.e. 56 more
- 950 new admitted to hospital (+551) and 178 in intensive care (+105)
- 398,924 people discharged from hospital, i.e. 479 more
- Test positivity rate: 3.53%, i.e. -0.13 points less
- Incidence rate: 244.07 cases / 100,000, or -1.57 points less
Public Health France draws up a more complete report on the coronavirus in France every week, generally published on Thursday evening. In its epidemiological point, published Thursday August 12, 2021, for week 31 (August 2 to 8). The agency says it has observed a “very moderate increase in the incidence rate (236/100 000, + 4%) in the territory.” However, the same report recognizes the “persistence of a sharp increase in hospitalizations and admissions in critical care”. Moreover, the new hospitalizations of patients represented for this week an increase of 35% compared to week 30. Also, the approximately 1,086 new admissions to critical care services represented an increase of 46% over the same period. At the same time, the government is continuing its vaccination campaign and as of August 10, 2021, 45,234,134 people had received at least one dose of vaccine in France, an increase of 4.6% compared to August 3. Certain departments such as the overseas territories of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion are particularly affected by the fourth wave of coronavirus linked to the Delta variant.
The number of Covid cases and the indicators of the epidemic still on the rise. The overall incidence rate in France on Wednesday August 11, 2021 was 243.72 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, against 225 in week 30 with data correction, which represents an increase of 17%.
The majority Delta variant. This mutation of the Covid-19 now represents 98.1% of the sequenced and interpretable tests of the Flash # 17 survey of July 27. The variant became the majority mutation in metropolitan France during week 26.
In hospitals, the figures are on the rise. The recent increase in the number of hospitalizations continues in W31. As of August 10, 2021, 9,213 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized in France (compared to 8,033 on August 3, an increase of 15%), including 1,725 patients in critical care services (vs. 1,344 on August 3, i.e. + 28%). At the national level, hospital indicators by date of declaration have been increasing since W28, with 4,764 new hospitalizations in W31 (+ 35% compared to W30) and 1,086 new admissions to critical care services (+ 46%).
Follow the evolution of the coronavirus in your town using the map below. Click on a department to display the list of municipalities. Also find all the details on this mapping and the full point by city and by department in our article on the Covid map in France.
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Since mid-October 2020, Public Health France has been communicating incidence data (number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants) at the municipal level. The figures are at this stage communicated according to a scale (10, 20, 50, 150, 250, 500, 1000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). The data are expressed on a rolling week, which means that they are calculated on a day D from the tests carried out between 3 and 9 days previously. To access information relating to the coronavirus in your town, enter its name into the search engine or click on its department in the map below.
As a reminder, the incidence rate corresponds to the number of new cases of Covid-19 over a period of one week, compared to the total population of a territory (country, region, department or municipality). This indicator is generally expressed in number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The screening rate gives the number of people who have tested for the coronavirus out of the total number of inhabitants, during the period. It is also expressed most often on 100,000 inhabitants. Finally, the test positivity rate gives the percentage of positive tests for the coronavirus, compared to the total number of tests carried out over the period.
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