The positivity rate has been soaring for several weeks. Today, it has reached 7.5%. There are 1,246 “clusters,” or epidemiological hotspots, under investigation, including 16 discovered in the last 24 hours. 60 departments are in a situation of high vulnerability.
Let’s remember that these figures are subject to the usual weekend slowdown, due to numerous laboratory closures.
The coronavirus epidemic is spreading in France. 4,070 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, Santรฉ Publique France announced on Monday in its daily report. 81 people have died since yesterday, bringing the total to 31,808 victims. In total, 4,069 people have been hospitalized in the last seven days, including 780 in intensive care.
A Million Deaths Worldwide
The world officially crossed the one million death mark on Sunday, September 27. This number was probably reached earlier due to underestimation in many countries.
