more than 10,500 new cases in France

What there is to know :

– The progression of the virus still “exponential” in France. Public Health France announces Saturday evening 10,561 new cases 24 hours (9,406 the day before). 86 new sources of contamination (“clusters”) were also detected in the same period of time. In Nord and Pas-de-Calais, the situation is deteriorating: the incidence rates are now respectively 131.5 and 99.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

– The Pas-de-Calais turned red this Friday. Currently, 42 departments are classified in red, that is to say where the virus is actively circulating. Several measures have been taken by the prefect of Pas-de-Calais. They took effect at midnight.

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The direct:

8:25 p.m. Le Touquet station crystallizes the debate on young people facing the virus

Efforts in the city center to combat the spread of the virus appear to be dashed by uncontrolled student parties earlier this month. The Touquettois are indignant as the resort, crowded this Saturday, depends more than ever on the dynamism of its local economy.

8:20 p.m. Two positive cases at LOSC

LOSC had already suffered a first wave of Covid-19 in mid-July (Ikoné, Bamba, Sanches). This Saturday, it was defender Adama Soumaoro and midfielder Cheikh Niasse who were placed in solitary confinement, the test carried out the day before being positive.

8:11 p.m. More than 10,500 new cases in France

Santé Publique France records 10,561 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours. Since yesterday, 17 patients have died in hospital, bringing their number to 30,910 since the start of the health crisis.

7:39 p.m. The incidence rate continues to rise

Santé Publique France has updated the incidence rate in France. In the North, as of Wednesday, it has dropped from 126.1 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants to 131.5.

In Pas-de-Calais, this rate drops from 95.9 to 99.1.

Nationally, the incidence rate is 76.8. Also as of Wednesday, the test positivity rate in the North stagnated at 5.8% while in Pas-de-Calais, the rate fell from 5.5% to 4.2%.

6:19 p.m. How does the SDIS du Nord manage Covid cases in its teams? Example in Marcoing

On Friday, a Covid case was discovered at the Marcoing Fire and Rescue Center (CIS). We will explain how the SDIS du Nord manages these situations.

6:11 p.m. All training sessions and matches canceled at Ruitz Basket-club after a positive case

After the USOBL of Bruay-La-Buissière, it is the Ruitz Basket-club which is affected by the coronavirus. One of the senior players tested positive this week. President Cédric François has therefore decided to cancel all training and matches until September 20 inclusive.

5:58 p.m. Jean Castex, tested negative again, ends his isolation

Prime Minister Jean Castex has been tested ” negative “To Covid-19 during a second screening carried out on Saturday, immediately ending his isolation, seven days after contact with the director of the Tour de France himself infected, announced Matignon.

17:36. “Anticorona” demonstrations in Germany and Poland

Several thousand opponents of restrictive measures supposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic again demonstrated in several cities in Germany but also in Warsaw on Saturday. In Munich alone, where a national demonstration of this kind was organized for the first time, 10,000 people were counted by the police, more than the 5,000 announced before the event by the organizers.

An equivalent but smaller demonstration also gathered several hundred people in Warsaw in the early afternoon.

4:57 p.m. Tests sold in pharmacies allow us to know if we have had covid-19

Faced with the crowds in laboratories to perform PCR tests, some are looking for other solutions. A paid test exists in pharmacies, but be careful, it does not detect the presence of the virus. It may only be of interest to those who want to know if they have been sick with covid-19 more than a week ago.

4:18 p.m. More than 70,000 dead in Mexico

Mexico has reached 70,000 dead, a toll higher than the most pessimistic projections of health authorities. In the past 24 hours, 534 people have died, bringing the total death toll to 70,183 out of some 658,300 contaminations. The Ministry of Health had initially estimated at 8,000 the number of deaths that would be caused by the epidemic, before rising to 30,000 and then 60,000 under a scenario ” catastrophe ».

4:07 p.m. The Fête de l’Huma without the festival

Health crisis requires, the traditional Fête de l’Humanité, initially scheduled for September 11 to 13 at La Courneuve Park in the Paris suburbs, has been canceled and replaced by several cultural initiatives throughout the Ile-de-France. The festival organized by the daily l’Humanité normally welcomes some 500,000 people over three days.

3:56 p.m. The heiress to the throne of Spain in quarantine

The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, will have to observe a quarantine for 14 days, after the detection of a case of Covid-19 among her classmates, announced the royal palace. The 14-year-old daughter of King Felipe VI had just returned to school on Wednesday in a private establishment in Madrid. Spain this week was the first country in Western Europe to surpass the half-million case mark.

3:45 p.m. AstraZeneca resumes testing for vaccine in UK

British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca has resumed testing in the United Kingdom on a vaccine against the coronavirus epidemic with the green light from health authorities, the group said in a statement on Saturday. ” AstraZeneca and (University) Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine clinical trials resumed in UK after medicines health regulator confirmed safe “, Indicated the group, which had had to suspend its tests three days earlier after the appearance of” unexplained illness », Possibly a serious side effect, in one participant.

3:35 p.m. Emirates: more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus in one day, a record

The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that 1,007 cases of the coronavirus were recorded in one day, a record in the Gulf country which is facing a resurgence of the epidemic on its soil. Since the start of the pandemic, 78,849 cases, including 399 deaths, have been officially recorded in the Emirates, a country of nine million inhabitants.

3:03 p.m. Bugnicourt and Aniche, two new schools affected by the Covid

The virus does not stop making its comeback. In Bugnicourt, two classes were closed. In Aniche, a particular combination of circumstances led to the class concerned not being.

2:20 p.m. Covid at Mandela school, in Méricourt: the rector plays transparency

Since Monday, all the teachers at Mandela school, in Méricourt, have been replaced. A preventive measure due to a case of Covid-19 among teachers. The second, declared this Thursday, also requires CM2s to follow distance learning courses. This Friday, the rector and the director of the academy went there.

13:50. Raymond Domenech insulted for asking two men to put their masks back on

The former coach of the France football team was heavily insulted in the Paris metro on Thursday. He had asked two men to put on their masks.

12:49. Dominique Bussereau positive for Covid-19

Dominique Bussereau, president of the departmental council of Charente-Maritime and former minister of François Fillon, was tested positive coronavirus. Aged 68, he had to be tested after attending the passage of the Tour de France in La Rochelle, in the company of Christian Prudhomme (positive) and Jean Catsex (negative). Dominique Bussereau assures not to present any symptoms.

12:05. Ligue 2: Ajaccio-Dunkirk postponed, a USLD player tested positive for Covid-19

Dunkirk will not play in Corsica on Saturday night. The USLD had three players tested positive at Covid. It wasn’t an obstacle to the game as they hadn’t made the move. But this Saturday morning, at the time of their stop at the Bourget, a player received the result of his test. The plane did not leave for Corsica, but for Marck, at the starting point.

11:17. Denain: two traders without mask fined during a pedestrian patrol

This Friday at noon, the police carried out a pedestrian patrol in the city center of Denain, where the wearing of a mask has been compulsory since the end of August. 13 people, including two traders, were fined for this reason. The operation was carried out after directives from the Ministry of the Interior recommending the physical presence of officials

10:26 am. The Saint-Laurent-Blangy sorting center shut down following a coronavirus case

The center, which processes 10,000 tonnes of recyclable waste per year, has been shut down for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

10:22 am. Losc-Metz: the compulsory mask for over 11s

The North Prefecture on Saturday recalled the health measures to be observed for spectators who will go to the Losc-Metz match on Sunday. The mask will therefore be compulsory for those over 11 years old on the forecourt and at the stadium abrods. ” As a reminder, wearing a mask is also compulsory within the stadium. “, Specifies the prefecture, which recalls that” in the current health context, Michel Lalande, prefect of the North, calls for everyone’s vigilance and responsibility in order to respect barrier gestures, physical distancing and wearing a mask in the fight against the spread of the virus » ?

9:41 am. Tour de France: behind closed doors in the Grand Colombier and Biche passes

The Col du Grand Colombier, scene of the arrival on Sunday of the 15th stage of the Tour de France, will be prohibited from access to spectators, like the Col de la Biche, also used by the peloton earlier in the day, stopped on Friday the prefecture of Ain. ” The cycling race will be held behind closed doors during its passage over the Col de la Biche and the Col du Grand-Colombier », Indicates the prefectural decree.

« The presence of spectators, the holding of rallies and the organization of demonstrations »Will be prohibited from Saturday noon in the final ascent as in the other climb, climbed by the riders of the Tour de France on Sunday.

7:46 am. The circulation of the virus on an unprecedented slope in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais

Since Monday, Nord and Pas-de-Calais have been classified as high vulnerability. The second department, like the first last Sunday, goes into the red zone today. The latest report from Public Health France (SPF) shows a dizzying evolution of the circulation of the virus in the two departments.

7:30 am. Valenciennes: 5 positive employees out of 460, how a call center managed the Covid

CRM 59 is a large call center located along the Scheldt, in Valenciennes. A platform with large platforms and more than 400 employees on the site. What to lend the flank to the proliferation of the Covid-19. That was without counting the drastic measures approved by management and staff representatives, and distilled by the referents.

7h. Brazil crosses 130,000 dead threshold

Brazil crossed the threshold of 130,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, with an encouraging drop in the average daily deaths but lingering concerns in a country where the pandemic has exacerbated social inequalities and political tensions.

The Ministry of Health has reported 874 deaths and 43,178 new infections in the last 24 hours, which, more than six months after the confirmation of the first case, brings the death toll to 130,396 and to 4,282,164. contaminated. Brazil, a country of 212 million inhabitants with continental dimensions, thus deplores the second deadliest death toll, behind the United States, and is in third position for the number of cases, after being overtaken by India in beginning of the week.

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