Indicators which “continue to deteriorate”, transmission of the virus “which is increasing”, “more particularly among young people”: the General Directorate of Health is sounding the alarm around Covid-19 in the torpor of August .
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“The situation is worrying: all the indicators continue to increase and the transmission of the SARS-COV-2 virus is increasing”, underlined the DGS, in a weekly bulletin published on the evening of this Thursday, August 13.
Main cause for concern, the number of new confirmed cases “Steadily increasing”, she notes. Over the past 24 hours, 2,669 new cases have been detected, notes the DGS in its new daily report.
Cases increase in 15-44 year olds
And the increase in cases, between August 3 and 9, “Is more important among 15-44 year olds (+ 46%) in metropolitan France”, according to its weekly report. Defeating a preconceived idea, the DGS underlines a “Number of people hospitalized in increase for three weeks, especially among those under 40
” in France.
The rate of positive cases is declining in some areas at the center of concerns in July, such as Guyana where it rose to 122 per 100,000 inhabitants last week against 155 in the previous seven days. But in Guyana and Mayotte, if the epidemic is “In decline” she remains “Always at a high level of vulnerability”. And if the rates of positive cases are decreasing in Mayenne, they are increasing in neighboring Sarthe.
To come back to hospitalizations, 201 admissions were recorded in 24 hours, a definite increase. There were only 143 more mentioned on Wednesday. On the other hand, on the resuscitation side, the situation remains broadly stable: 374 patients are recorded, or 5 less than Wednesday.
50 positive gendarmes in Tarbes
If we take a look at the resuscitation map, Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France and Grand Est account for 69% of the patients concerned. The death toll amounts to a total of 30,388 people in France (i.e. 17 more in 24 hours).
Behind all these figures, the news recalls that the virus can spread everywhere. Fifty gendarmes from Tarbes, returning from a mission in Polynesia, tested positive for Covid 19, we learned Thursday from the Hautes-Pyrénées prefecture. One of these gendarmes was hospitalized.
Since this week, the medical and political spheres are worried. Prime Minister Jean Castex, fearing a return to a health system ” under pressure “, thus called on the French on Tuesday to pull themselves together to avoid a resumption of the epidemic. He also pleaded for wearing a mask despite the heatwave and asked the prefects to extend their obligation in public spaces.
Towards the compulsory mask everywhere?
Patrick Pelloux, president of the Syndicate of emergency hospital doctors in France, or Philippe Juvin, emergency manager at Pompidou hospital in Paris, also spoke in the media to advocate the wearing of a mask ” all over “ on a national level.
Faced with this kind of calls for the generalization of the compulsory mask in the public space, the Minister of Health Olivier Vérandoing “Confidence in local elected officials and prefects”, estimated Wednesday evening on France 2 that“There is not necessarily a need for an obligation in order to be able to protect ourselves”.
He thus declined the “ABCD rule to know when to wear it”
: “A, when we are at risk, fragile, old; B when you are in a crowded place; C for confined spaces; D when the distance is impossible to manage ”. The government also promised this week to tighten controls where the mask is imposed.
The list of cities or tourist sites where this protection is becoming the rule continues to grow. After many areas of Paris, it is the center of Bordeaux that will be added from Saturday, as well as the open-air markets of Var or Cantal. Angers combines the two: from Saturday on the markets and next Monday in the city center.
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