The coronavirus epidemic continues to spread in France, where 493 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, announced the Directorate General of Health (DGS) in its daily report on Monday, August 17. A total of 15,726 cases have been identified in one week, and 6,808 in three days.
19 people have died from Covid in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,429 victims. 234 new hospital admissions have been recorded, bringing the total to 4,925 patients currently hospitalized. Among them, 34 new severe patients have been admitted to intensive care, bringing the total number of patients in these units to 384.
386 “clusters,” or contagion hotspots, are still active across the territory, including 21 new ones detected in the last 24 hours.
