At the beginning of March, the incidence rate jumped compared to the past weeks. This Tuesday, March 21, according to Public Health France, it stands at 67.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. However, the alert threshold is set at 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The rate is well above this threshold. On average, there are 1,470 new positive cases every day, an increase of 19% compared to last week.

The reproduction rate R is high: 1.32. This means that an infected person spreads the virus on average to 1.32 people. The epidemic is therefore progressing with more intensity than in recent weeks.

There are an average of 36 critical care admissions each day, an increase of 35% compared to the last seven days. There are also, on average, 24 hospital deaths every day, up 18 points from recent times. While the rates of admission to critical care and hospitalized deaths are on the rise again, the general trend remains downward.

According to franceinfo, on Friday March 17, the head of WHO’s emergency programs, Michael Ryan, said: “I think we’re getting to the point where we can look at Covid-19 the same way we look at COVID-19. seasonal flu, namely a health threat, a virus that will continue to kill, but a virus that does not disrupt our society or our hospital systems.”

Discover in our slideshow the departments where the number of cases has increased by more than 40% since the previous week, according to covidtracker data.