PARIS (Reuters) – France reported on Friday 1346 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 187919, while the daily number of new cases remained above 1300 for the third consecutive day, a point at which the blockade was last noticed.
At the end of the first month of school holidays, when millions of French people travelling and mingling with friends and family have not been noticed for weeks, the infection rate has increased to a point last reported at the end of April, when the epidemic is in full swing. and a strict block in place.
Comparisons can be complicated because the Department of Health does not publish the knowledge every day and adds a lot of old knowledge to the figures of the day. But the seven-day moving average (7DMA), which eliminates those irregularities, is now above 1000 for the time-in-a-row day.
With the exception of early May, when 7DMA above 1000 for a week due to a knowledge review, 7DMA above 1000 from March 19 to May 1, peaking at 45537 on April 1.
On Friday, the government gave the local government the strength to order the use of masks in public spaces as the country fights the resurgence of COVID-19.
But while new infections have now returned to blocking and pre-blocking levels, fewer people die or seriously fit in a few months ago.
The Ministry of Health said Friday that the number of other people hospitalized with COVID-19 fell from 77 to 5298, resulting in an uninterrupted decrease from the peak of 32292 on April 14.
The number of intensive care patients also continued to decline, from 10 to 371 to a maximum of 7,148 on April 8.
In the 24 hours since, another 11 people have died from the virus, bringing the total to 30,265.
In April, France experienced several days with more deaths from the virus, peaking in 1438 on April 15.
Report through Geert De Clercq, edited through Franklin Paul, Kirsten Donovan
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