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PARIS: France reported 4711 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours on Thursday (20 August), a post-patron closure record and a point last observed at the height of the epidemic in France, but the number of other people hospitalized with the disease has decreased.
During the closure, France experienced a peak of 7578 infections consistent with 31 March, but since then there have been some days when the number of new infections with concordance with the day has increased above 4500, all in the first part of April.
After the blockade ended on May 10, the number of new infections according to the day fell to a low of just 115 on May 24 and the seven-day moving average of new infections, which resolved irregularities in knowledge reports, fell to 272 some. days later, knowledge of the ministry of fitness is shown.
Since then, the number of new infections matching the day has increased to around 1,000 until the end of July, with an acceleration since mid-August. The seven-day moving average is now close to 3,000, a point that was last noticed in mid-April.
The ministry that in the past week, France has conducted more than 664,000 viral tests and more than six million since the outbreak began.
He stated that the percentage of positive tests was more than 3.3% in the week from 11 to 17 August, with 2.1% in the first week of August, and more than double the 1.5% observed in the last 10 weeks. July.
Despite the rising infection rate, the number of other people hospitalized with COVID-19 has remained relatively stable, dropping some another 58 to a new post-blockage minimum of 4748, while the number of other people in extensive care has increased from six to 380, a point that has existed for almost a month.
The government said this is because the virus now circulates basically among young people, who do not spread severe symptoms.
France reported 12 new deaths on Thursday due to COVID-19, in line with a weekly average per month of low digits.
The number of COVID-19 deaths in retirement homes has fallen dramatically. It went from a total of less than 1,000 in early April to more than 10,000 on May 14. It slowly rose to 10,500 in mid-July and has been solid ever since.
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