a peak in deaths, lower than in spring, reached in France on 7 November

A peak of 2,281 deaths was recorded on November 7, INSEE said. It remains lower than that of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A peak in mortality was reached in France on November 7 with 2,281 deaths that day, a number however lower than the previous peak observed in April during the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic, according to data released this Friday by the ‘Insee.

Between 1 September and 16 November (latest data available), deaths remained high in France, standing at 141,717 deaths from all causes, or 14% more than in the same period in 2019 and 16% compared to 2018. .

An “acceleration of daily deaths from mid-October”

“The acceleration of daily deaths since mid-October is very clear,” INSEE points out in this weekly publication.

Therefore, in the first half of October, the number of daily deaths averaged 1,730 (or 7% more than in October 2019). In the second half of the year there were 1,980 (i.e. 21% more than in 2019 and 14% compared to the first half of October 2020).

This acceleration then continued into the first half of November, but at a slower pace. During the first half of November, the number of deaths thus rose to 2,180 on average each day and a peak appears to have been reached on 7 November, with a total of 2,281 deaths occurring that day.

50,957 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic

However, this peak is lower than that reached during the first epidemic wave, on April 1, with 2,810 deaths.

According to still provisional data, deaths between 14 and 20 November are down 10% compared to the previous week.

In total, between 1 March and 16 November, there were 463,576 deaths in France, which is 11% more than in 2019 (+46,200 deaths) and 10% more than in 2018 (+42,000).

The number of coronavirus-related deaths has risen to 50,957 since the start of the outbreak in hospitals and nursing homes, according to Public Health France data released Thursday evening.