Covid, still a record of infections in France: more than 460 thousand in 24 hours

Another record of infections in France, where the numbers are truly impressive.

The positives detected in the last 24 hours are 464,769, reports the public health, signaling a sharp increase compared to the 368 thousand of last Tuesday.

There was also a sharp increase in the test positive rate, which was 23.9%. The weekly incidence is 3,063 infections per 100 thousand inhabitants.

However, the situation in hospitals is beginning to improve. There are almost 4 thousand patients in resuscitation, but the trend is in the "stabilization" phase, the government said, which today said it was "optimistic" about the slowdown of the pandemic due to the fact that the Delta variant, more dangerous, is "backward ".

(Unioneonline / L)