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COVID. The circulation of the Covid in France is such that the number of contaminations exceeds 260,000 new cases per day. New screening centers will open to support the action of caregivers.

  • This Monday, January 10, 2022, the coronavirus epidemic in France is circulating very actively: over the last 7 days, the average of new cases per day amounts to 265,837 cases. Several million French people have contracted the Covid since the beginning of January. The detailed report can be found on this page, updated every day, devoted to the Covid figures in France.
  • The increase in cases of contamination worries those in charge of healthcare services. “300,000 cases, that’s what we detect, there are probably twice as many, some patients are not detected, it is difficult to get tested. […] Hospitals are under water, the months of January February will be very complicated, with non-Covid patients who cannot be treated, “said Dr. Philippe Juvin (elected LR) on CNews this Monday morning.
  • Given the great contagiousness of the virus and the multiplication of cases of contamination and contact cases, the tests carried out have exploded. To meet growing demand, screening centers will open near vaccination centers, and pharmacies will be able to create their own center and recruit health professionals.
  • The examination of the text of the law establishing the vaccination pass in France begins this week in the Senate. The government intends to implement this new pass in the week of January 17.
  • From Monday January 10, the curfew in place in Guadeloupe begins at 8 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.

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09:07 – “If we closed the schools it would be even harder”, assures Jean-Michel Blanquer

At the microphone of France 2Jean-Michel Blanquer once again defended the government’s policy of keeping schools open at all costs: “Everyone is tired, everyone is tired of the situation, but if we closed the schools, it would be worse. we have to stick together and be united, ”he said. He added: “What allows us to keep schools open is the testing policy.”

09:05 – Soon 11 million additional self-tests in pharmacies

Guest of France 2 this Monday morning, the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, acknowledging that “last week was very hard”, promised that eleven million additional self-tests would arrive in pharmacies. As a reminder, last week, these screening devices were lacking, while the health protocol requires contact cases with a complete vaccination schedule to use them on D + 2 and D + 4 from the moment they have seen a positive person. .

And to add: “Staff will come to support school directors department by department to help administratively”.

09:01 – Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: sanitary passes attack a deputy

After Gérard Cotellon, director of the CHU de Guadeloupe, it was Stéphane Claireaux, elected representative of the Republic in March, who was, in turn, attacked by health passes, receiving multiple projectiles in front of his house yesterday, while a demonstration against the sanitary pass in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon was taking place in his neighborhood. An attack pointed out by the Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, and the Minister of Overseas, Sébastien Lecornu.

08:12 – The vaccine bill passed before the Senate on Monday

After being adopted by the National Assembly, the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass will be examined in committee by the Senate, with a right-wing majority, this Monday, January 10. Tomorrow, Tuesday 11, it will be examined in the hemicycle.

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According to the latest data from Public Health France, communicated on Sunday, January 9, the seven-day average continues to increase and has exceeded 265,000 new cases. In the past 24 hours, 90 people have died from Covid-19 in hospital. The incidence rate has once again increased in the past 24 hours and is now 2,445 new contaminations per 100,000 inhabitants, ie 76 points more than the day before. Here is the detailed report:

According to last epidemiological point of Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday, January 6, France is facing an “extremely marked acceleration in the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 linked to the very rapid progression of the Omicron variant and increase in new hospitalizations”. On average, the incidence rate was 1,908 positive cases per 100,000 population nationwide.

  • In metropolitan France, the incidence rate corrected increases in week 52 and passes to 1,908 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants (vs. 835 in W51, or + 129%), “or nearly 2% of the population tested positive in W52”. The incidence rate has, in W52, “at least doubled in all age groups,” notes the public health agency. In particular, it has tripled among 70-79 year olds (771 positive cases per 100K inhabitants, i.e. + 207% compared to W51) and 80-89 year olds (622, + 212%) compared to the previous week. It was 3,606 (+ 103%) among 20-29 year olds and 2,905 (+ 112%) among 30-39 year olds.
  • The number of new cases diagnosed per day also increases sharply. On average, in W52, more than 168,000 positive cases were detected each day. The effective reproduction rate of the virus was 1.61 on January 1 (compared to 1.22 on December 25, 2021), “indicating a marked acceleration of viral circulation”, notes SPF. The positivity rate for the tests was also on the rise (17.1%, vs 8.7% in W51, or +8.4 points).
  • The number of new hospitalizations is also increasing sharply. The indicators by date of admission showed 9,982 new hospitalizations in W52 (compared to 8,439 in W51, or + 18%) and 1,822 new admissions to critical care services.
  • The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is now the majority in France, identified at 74% of the tests by sequencing, whereas it represented only 49% in week 51.
  • Vaccination against Covid-19 is still progressing: As of January 4, 2022, vaccination coverage from anti-Covid vaccine was estimated at 77.2% of the population for at least one dose. 48.4% of those aged 18 and over had, by that date, received a booster dose (59.4% among eligible audiences). Among those aged 65 and over, 72.9% had received a booster dose (82.4% among those eligible).

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.

Click on a department to consult the list of its cities.

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.

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