Will the end of summer correspond with the start of a new wave of Covid-19? According to the latest figures published by Public Health France, the virus appears to be circulating again significantly in the population. The agency said 33,263 new cases were confirmed on Thursday, 67.4 percent more than last Thursday.
The seven-day moving average also increases significantly: +46%, with more than 24,000 cases per day. Sign that the epidemic is starting again: the reproduction rate R is 1.1. This rate corresponds to the average number of people that an infected person can contaminate, recalls Public Health France.
“If it is greater than 1, the epidemic grows; if it is less than 1, the epidemic recedes, ”summarizes the agency. However, a month ago, on August 15, this R rate was less than 0.9.
“We are going to have an eighth wave”
At the microphone of BFMTV a few days ago, the epidemiologist Mircea Sofonea explained the reasons for the resumption of the epidemic.
There was the return to school, the return to work, the mix of the end of the holidays. We are heading into a bad season with shorter days and lower temperatures, which makes us more at home, ”he recalled.
The Minister of Health, since the beginning of September, is convinced that a new wave will hit France. “We are going to have an eighth wave,” warned François Braun at BFM Marseille, calling on the French to be vigilant.
Source: BFM TV
