Coronavirus: France sets daily record with almost 10,000 new cases
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54111209
Not to go all Trump but part of it is probably because the testing is getting a lot more intense. Purely anecdotal but from my own direct experience, there's a lot more demand for it (during lockdown tests were allocated, you couldn't get one because you felt like it so to speak) and the capacity ramped up. There's lines at 7am to get tested at a lab I pass in front of to work.
As I imagined, the number of detected cases booming back up but without the same casualties is maybe a result of :
- More asymptomatic people being tested.
- Less vulnerable demographics affected.
- Better hospital and medical protocols and triage even without a medication to help.
But no definitive certainties.
Entries in hospitals and ICUs trending up again is bad though, no way around that.
Crowds in public transport are back to almost normal levels in Paris. There's people in bars and restaurants, even if more sparse. A lot of workers are back in the office. Masks and some half assed distancing guidelines probably help, but not to the extent of keeping that curve flat.