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2021-02-02 23:36:11 GMT2021-02-03 07:36:11(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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PARIS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) France counted another 23,337 coronavirus cases and 404 deaths in the past 24 hours, health authorities figures showed on Tuesday.
To date, the country has registered a total of 3,224,798 cases and 77,238 fatalities.
Over the last seven days, 11,263 people with COVID-19 were treated in hospitals, including 1,830 in intensive care.
About 2,000 cases of the more contagious variant first found in Britain are spotted per day in France. The circulation of the new strain is intensifying by 50 percent every week, according to Health Minister Olivier Veran.
In Paris region, between 15 and 20 percent of new infections were attributable to the new strain last week, compared with 6 percent on Jan. 7, warned Remi Salomon, president of the medical commission of the Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP).
About 32.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the US, new CDC data shows
From CNN’s Deidre McPhillips
People receive Covid-19 vaccines at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Monday. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images
About 32.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the United States, according to data published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC reported that at least 32,780,860 total doses have been administered, about 62% of the 52,657,675 doses distributed.
That’s about 558,000 more administered doses reported since yesterday, for a seven-day average of about 1.3 million doses per day.
About 8% of the US population – more than 26.4 million people – have now received at least one dose of the vaccine and about 6 million people have been fully vaccinated, CDC data shows.
PARIS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) With its gradual vaccination, France is racing to counter a resurgence in COVID-19 infections fuelled by more infectious variants, although many fear that doses shortfall and delivery delay may throw a spanner into the government s vaccination rollout. When launching its vaccination campaign on Dec. 27 as part of a coordinated European plan, France opted for a gradual and free rollout, prioritizing elderly and vulnerable people to avoid a surge in serious cases and deaths. Up to 1.4 million are set to have the first shot by the end of January, then the campaign would extend to nearly half of the 67 million inhabitants by the end of May and inoculate the total population by late August.