Hospitalizations set to continue to climb France, three million tests in one week hit again, Hong Kong ending flight ban… Le Figaro this Thursday, July 7, summarizes the latest information related to Covid-19.
More than 1,000 patients in the intensive care unit
The pressure on hospitals continues to grow. 17,719 patients were hospitalized in French hospitals on Thursday, compared to 17,496 the previous day. Of those, 1,035 were admitted to critical care services, including 122 who were admitted on Thursday. 86 deaths are expected in French hospitals. 161265 new cases were found in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is 32.3% and the morbidity rate is 1153.3 (a 54.9% increase in seven days).
Hospitalizations in France will increase even more in the coming days
Hospitalizations related to Covid will continue to rise “In the coming days”According to new predictions published Thursday by researchers at the Pasteur Institute. “Nationally and in Metropolitan Areas”these forecasts, updated for the first time in several weeks, predict “Increasing cases of admission to the hospital in the coming days”. The forecast, which begins Tuesday and runs through July 18, calls for about 1,700 hospital admissions per day over this horizon, up from around a thousand these days. Critical care admissions will rise to around 160 a day, up from around 100 at present. In some regions, such as Île-de-France, the team of Simon Cashmes, a modeler and member of the Scientific Council of the Pasteur Institute, however, notes: “Hospitalizations and caseloads slowing.”
“This kind of slowdown could be a precursor to the peak of the epidemic, the date of which remains uncertain, however.”, according to Pasteur’s researchers. Their analytical model has some limitations, but they note: Not only “14-day forecasts may be overestimated in regions where there is a change in dynamics (possible arrival of the peak of the epidemic).” but “The model arguably overestimates the dynamics of critical care admissions.”
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The milestone of 3 million tests in one week “Crucified Again”
More than 3 million PCR and antigen tests were validated between June 27 and July 3, up from just over 2.1 million the previous week, the statistics department (Drees) said in a press release on Thursday. “great growth”. Dropping to just over a million at the end of May, the number of tests has since continued to rise, a little more markedly each week. If the number of tests increases “For all age groups” (+41%), it is more pronounced among 16-25-year-olds (+58%). This increase in tests follows a strong rebound in the epidemic earlier in the summer due to subtypes of Omicron.
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Hong Kong ends flight ban
Hong Kong’s new government announced on Thursday the suspension of the ban on airline flights carrying passengers down for Covid-19 as a measure. “not so effective”. Until now, any airline that landed at least five Covid-19 positive passengers was fined the first time and banned from flying to Hong Kong for five days the next time.
This mechanism says “switch”, which was invented a year ago by the previous government of Carrie Lam as part of Hong Kong’s “zero Covid” policy, was scaled back last April. the ban on flights used to be for two weeks. Hong Kong’s new government, led by John Lee, announced the suspension of the device on Thursday to that end “To achieve the best results in the fight against the epidemic at the least cost to society.”
Source: Le Figaro
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