The number of clusters of Covid-19 cases is increasing in France but the "circulation indicators" of the virus remain "at low levels", according to the weekly report from the Public Health agency France.
What to remember from the weekly update on the Covid-19 epidemic dated Thursday June 18 from Public Health France? The health agency reports a "slight increase in the number of new clusters", but an "absence of uncontrolled community dissemination". As in previous weeks, she noted above all the absence of "signals in favor of a resumption of the epidemic".
Between June 7 and 13, 2,837 patients tested positive, or 1.3% of the 214,252 PCR tests performed for this week in the country, a rate down from the previous week (1.5%). However, the weekly number of clusters discovered in France increased from 29 to 37 in the space of seven days. As of June 16, a total of 74 clusters were "under investigation" in the country.
These mainly concern health establishments (20%), private and public companies, excluding health (19%) and extended family environments (16%). An analysis by department shows that the largest number of clusters under investigation is in Guyana (12), in the North (6) and in Loire-Atlantique (5).
239 clusters discovered since May 9
Out of a total of 239 clusters discovered since May 9, half are now considered to be “closed” (no new cases declared after the 14-day isolation period imposed on people in contact with the sick), and 19% are considered "controlled" (absence of new cases seven days after the last case).
A cluster is defined as the occurrence of at least three confirmed or probable cases over a period of 7 days in the same community or among people who participated in the same gathering. This Public Health France report does not take into account the clusters in nursing homes or those which occur in restricted family environments, limited to one family.
According to the latest report from health authorities published Thursday evening, France has registered 29,603 deaths since the start of the epidemic.
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