PARIS (Reuters) – France on Thursday reported 4,711 new coronavirus infections in more than 24 hours, a post-lockout record and a point last seen at the height of the epidemic in France, but the number of other people hospitalized with the disease has subsided.
During the closure, France experienced a peak of 7578 infections consistent with March 31, but since then there have been a few days when the number of new infections 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 only 115 on May 24 and the seven-day moving average of new infections, which fixed irregularities in knowledge reports, was reduced to 272.days later, knowledge of the ministry of fitness is shown.
Since then, the number of new infections consistent with the day has increased to around 1,000 until the end of July, accelerating from mid-August.The seven-day moving average is now close to 3,000, a point last observed in mid-April..
The ministry that over the past week, France has conducted more than 664,000 viral tests and more than six million since the outbreak began.
He said the percentage of positive tests was more than 3.3% in the week of August 11-17, with 2.1% in the first week of August, and more than double the 1.5% observed in the last 10 days of July.
Despite the rising infection rate, the number of other people hospitalized with COVID-19 has remained relatively stable, falling some another 58 to a new post-blockage low of 4748, while the number of others in extensive care has increased from six to 380, a point that has existed for nearly a month.
The government said this is because the virus now circulates basically among young people, who don’t spread severe symptoms.
France reported on Thursday 12 new deaths due to COVID-19, online with a weekly average per month of low digits.
The number of COVID-19 deaths in retirement homes has decreased dramatically, rose from a total of less than 1,000 in early April to more than 10,000 on May 14, gradually rose to 10,500 in mid-July and has been solid ever since.
Reporting through Geert De Clercq; edited through Diane Craft and Nick Macfie
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