The seventh wave is here. This daily threshold should be crossed in the report of Public Health France published this evening, declared François Braun in committee at the National Assembly.
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A wave, the seventh. And a first for three months: more than 200,000 cases of Covid-19 will be detected in 24 hours, announced the new Minister of Health François Braun, Tuesday July 5, in the Law Commission at the National Assembly, during I’opening of a discussion on the “health monitoring and safety” bill. “The Omicron B4.4 and BA.5 sub-variants, which are now the majority strains, are causing an epidemic resurgence throughout the country”did he declare.
“We are experiencing a seventh wave of Covid-19”, assures the Minister of Health, @fbraun55.
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“We are recording around 120,000 cases on average this past week, with the number of cases expected to slightly exceed 200,000 this evening.” The Ile-de-France region has the highest incidence rate, with more than 1,200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.