Covid-19: the pressure on French hospitals continues to mount

The number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients and critical care patients continued to increase, with more than 7,500 patients in the hospital, according to figures from Public Health France. The number of Covid patients in the hospital is now 7,581, including 312 new hospitalizations in 24 hours, compared to 7,409 the day before and 6,843 last Sunday. Critical care services, which take in the most seriously ill patients, had 1,137 patients on Sunday (including 69 admissions in 24 hours), compared to 1,099 on Saturday and 886 a week ago. This indicator had fallen below the threshold of 1,000 on 7 July, before starting a slow recovery. On the other hand, 19,600 new cases of contamination were recorded on Sunday, compared to 23,471 on Saturday and 16,167 last Sunday. The positivity rate remained stable at 4.3%

Over 700 migrants rescued during the weekend in the Mediterranean

More than 700 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean aboard makeshift boats were rescued over the weekend, especially off the coast of Malta and Libya, according to the NGO SOS Méditerranée. Since Saturday, six rescues have been carried out in international waters, the last of which, Sunday afternoon, helped to rescue 106 people in an overloaded boat off the coast of Malta, announced the European NGO SOS Méditerranée whose headquarters are in Marseille. The boat in distress was spotted by the ship of the German NGO Sea-Watch. This operation came only a few hours after the Ocean Viking and the boats of Sea-Watch and the German NGO ResQShip came to the aid of more than 400 people who were sinking in the central Mediterranean on the night of Saturday to Sunday. This particularly “perilous” rescue, which lasted until early morning, made it possible to rescue people in a large wooden boat that was taking water, an SOS Méditerranée spokeswoman explained to AFP

Political turmoil in the United States to avoid mass deportations

American policymakers were trying to avoid mass deportations of several million Americans in financial difficulty on Sunday, after the expiration of a moratorium that protected them. More than 10 million people in the United States are in arrears with their rent, calculated the CBPP, an independent research institute. And some 3.6 million renters believe they are at risk of being evicted within two months, according to a study by the statistics office carried out in early July among 51 million tenants. At midnight on Saturday, a truce on evictions expired, decided almost a year ago for health reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic, and renewed several

AT A GLANCE

American Raven Saunders, Olympic vice-champion in the shot put on Sunday, celebrated her silver medal on the 2020 Olympic Games podium by forming an X with her arms, a message to oppressed people according to the American press.

Foot: An eight-time defending champion, Paris SG let the Champions' Trophy slip against Lille (1-0) on Sunday in Tel Aviv, a defeat that is a stain in view of its immense ambitions.

F1/It is also having its moment of glory: Esteban Ocon (Alpine), after Pierre Gasly in 2020, won the first Grand Prix of his career at the age of 24, only the second in the 21st century for a Frenchman, after an incredible race in Hungary.