COVID. This Sunday, December 26, the coronavirus broke a new record in France, that of the incidence rate. It is now 712.25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Faced with this epidemic tidal wave, the government could announce new restrictive measures at the end of the health defense council on Monday, at 4 p.m.
- The latest figures for the coronavirus in France, communicated by Public Health France, have been unveiled. No new contamination record this Sunday, December 26, but all the same 27,697 additional cases, or 20,776 less than last Sunday. A number which can certainly be explained by the lower number of tests carried out on Boxing Day. In, when we look more at the incidence rate, we observe that it has taken 64.39 points more than the day before and is now at 712.25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
- To cope with the progression of Covid-19 in France and its variant Omicron, a new Health Defense Council is being organized this Monday, December 27 at 4 p.m. New restrictions may well be announced. In the process, an extraordinary council of ministers will be held to examine the bill which must, among other things, transform the health pass into a vaccination pass.
- During this new health defense council, the question of a curfew on the evening of December 31 could well be asked. The government does not exclude this possibility to slow the progression of the Covid in France. But for Dominique Costagliola, epidemiologist, that would not be a good measure: “It is not with a one-day curfew that we will control the epidemic. So, I think that this measure there, it would be a display measure, but it will not have a particular role in the dynamics of the epidemic, “he told France Inter.
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10:41 – “We are waiting for more restrictive measures”, assures Djillali Annane
Djillali Annane, head of the intensive care unit at Raymond-Poincaré hospital in Garches, was invited to Cnews this Monday morning to express his opinion on the potential measures that the health security council could take this afternoon. “We are waiting for more restrictive measures, not for the French but especially against Omicron, to break the wave and prevent the paralysis of society at the end of January” and this despite “the distress of certain professions which are again hampered in their work” .
10:27 – “It is not because we do not have a risk factor that we are not at risk” warns Dominique Costagliol
Guest of the morning of France Inter this Monday, December 27, epidemiologist Dominique Costagliola wished to recall a few facts: “43% of people who were hospitalized with the Covid during the first wave were under 50 years old and no risk factor during. We must not say to ourselves that we have no risk if we do not have a risk factor. And that is something that people forget “
10:16 – What is the latest assessment of the coronavirus in France?
The latest figures for the coronavirus in France, communicated by Public Health France, have been unveiled. No new contamination record this Sunday, December 26, but all the same 27,697 additional cases, or 20,776 less than last Sunday. A number which can certainly be explained by the lower number of tests carried out on Boxing Day. In, when we look more at the incidence rate, we observe that it has taken 64.39 points more than the day before and is now at 712.25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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According to the latest data from Public Health France, communicated on Sunday, December 26, the seven-day average seems to be stagnating again and is now at 70,031 new cases, against 72,999 the day before. In the past 24 hours, 96 people have died from Covid-19 in hospital. The incidence rate has also continued to increase over the past 24 hours and is now 712.25 new contaminations per 100,000 inhabitants, or 64.39 points more than the day before. Here is the detailed report:
- 9,116,068 cases confirmed by PCR (nursing homes included), i.e. 27,697 more
- 122,642 deaths in total (nursing homes included), i.e. 96 more
- 95,609 deaths in hospital, i.e. 96 more
- 27,033 deaths in nursing homes (not updated)
- 16,365 people currently hospitalized, i.e. 203 more
- 3,299 people currently in intensive care, i.e. 17 more
- 506 new admitted to hospital (-254) and 93 in intensive care (-67)
- 455,508 people discharged from hospital, i.e. 185 more
- Test positivity rate: 7.9%, i.e. 0.11 point more
- Incidence rate: 712.25 cases / 100,000, i.e. 64.39 point more
According to last epidemiological point of Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday, December 16, “the progression of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 continued, with hospital indicators still on the rise”. On average, almost 48,700 cases were diagnosed each day and the incidence rate was 508 positive cases per 100,000 population in many regions – the incidence rate therefore exceeded those of the peaks of 2nd, 3rd and 4th wave.
- In metropolitan France, the incidence rate increases in week 49 and passes to 508 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants (vs. 49 in W48, ie + 13%). The screening rate continued to increase in W49 (7,680/100,000, + 10% compared to W48). The test positivity rate was on the rise (6.6%, vs. 6.4% in W48). The corrected incidence rate was sharply increasing in all age groups: the highest rates were still observed in 6-10 year olds (1,082, + 9%), 30-39 year olds (729, + 16%) and 40-49 year olds (632, + 15%).
- The number of hospitalizations on the rise. The indicators by date of admission showed 7,042 new hospitalizations in W49 (+ 12% compared to W48, where 6,311 new hospitalizations were counted) and 1,662 new admissions to critical care services (+ 15% compared to W48, where 1,440 Covid patients were admitted to critical care).
- The Delta variant of the coronavirus is still the majority in France, 99% identified by sequencing during the latest Flash surveys.
- Vaccination against Covid-19 is still progressing: As of December 14, vaccination coverage from anti-Covid vaccine was estimated at 78.0% of the population for at least one dose, 76.4% for a full vaccination. Among those aged 65 and over, 60.5% had received a booster dose.
Follow the evolution of the coronavirus in your town using the map below. Click on a department to display the list of municipalities. Also find all the details on this mapping and the full point by city and by department in our article on the Covid map in France.
Since mid-October 2020, Public Health France has been communicating incidence data (number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants) at the municipal level. The figures are at this stage communicated according to a scale (10, 20, 50, 150, 250, 500, 1000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). The data are expressed on a rolling week, which means that they are calculated on a day D from the tests carried out between 3 and 9 days previously. To access information relating to the coronavirus in your town, enter its name into the search engine or click on its department in the map below.
As a reminder, the incidence rate corresponds to the number of new cases of Covid-19 over a period of one week, compared to the total population of a territory (country, region, department or municipality). This indicator is generally expressed in number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The screening rate gives the number of people who have tested for the coronavirus out of the total number of inhabitants, during the period. It is also expressed most often on 100,000 inhabitants. Finally, the test positivity rate gives the percentage of positive tests for the coronavirus, compared to the total number of tests carried out over the period.