Covid-19 + France

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Paris could be put on "maximum alert," lockdown as ICU bed occupancy hits critical level

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-paris-maximum-alert-icu-critical-1536025

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France reports 16,972 new coronavirus cases, biggest one-day increase on record

• 49 new deaths at 2PM
• Positivity at 7,9% in the last 7 days.
• Number of positive people declared in 24 hours: 12,623
• Number of people tested declared in 24 hours: 141,230
• Number of tests carried out over the last 7 days: 1,192,614
• Number of SOS Médecins acts for suspected COVID-19 in 24 hours: 550
• Number of emergency room visits for suspected COVID-19 in 24 hours: 560
• Incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 7 days: 102.6
• Number of people currently hospitalized with a COVID-19 diagnosis: 6,740
• Number of new people hospitalized with a COVID-19 diagnosis declared in 24 hours: 721
• Number of people currently in intensive care or intensive care with a COVID-19 diagnosis: 1,289
• Number of new intensive care admissions with COVID-19 diagnosis declared in 24 hours: 120
• Number of people who have died from COVID-19 in the hospital since March 1, 2020: 21,393
• Number of people returned home after a COVID-19 diagnosis since March 1, 2020: 98,199

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[LNN]

France reports more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases, biggest one-day increase on record

It could be related to the higher population density.
The population density in France is 3,3 higher than USA:
-France:119 per Km2 (309 people per mi2).
-USA: 36 per Km2 (94 people per mi2).
In general Europe is more dense than USA.

[LNN]

Last Thursday (yes, 22 October), the health minister said that "without any new measures, there would be more than 50k cases/day in two weeks" and they've already reached this number.

They thought they could control the virus while helping the economic recovery, when the test-trace-isolate system already had major problems. They're proposing authoritarian and inefficient measures, undermining the people's defiance towards the health measures. No support to telecomuting (Macron said "it isolates people", yeah it's useful in a pandemic mate) and low health protocols in schools (to avoid closing schools).