France, Health Ministry in its statement said that the highly contagious Covid-19 Delta variant is gradually becoming dominant (in France) as it is in all countries in the world and it now accounts for about 20 percent of new cases".
France's Health Minister Olivier Veran said, "its share keeps on increasing in percentage, not in absolute terms, as the total number of cases is decreasing", urging people to remain vigilant. The same virus variant had represented 9 to 10 percent of new infections according to official figures released a week ago. The overall coronavirus caseload in France currently stood at 5,835,885, with 111,230 deaths. The seven-day average of daily positive tests is 1,818, sharply down from around 40,000 recorded in early April.
Covid-related hospitalisations have steadily gone down since the country eased restrictions in May. Currently, 8,846 infected patients were hospitalised, with 1,304 of the critically-ill in intensive care, according to the Health Ministry.
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